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QP3-3
Question | Answer |
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BILATERAL | PERTAINING TO BOTH LUNGS |
BRADYCARDIA | SLOWNESS OF THE HEARTBEAT AS EVIDENCED BY SHOWING OF THE PULSE RATE TO LESS THAN SIXTY BEATS PER MINUTE |
BRONCHI-BRONCHUS | THE LARGE AIR TUBES LEADING FROM THE TRACHEA TO THE LUNGS |
BRONCHIECTASIS | AN ABNORMAL STRETCHING ENLARGING THE RESPIRATORY PASSAGES DUE TO MUCUS BLOCKAGE. THE BLOCKAGE AND RESULTING INFECTION CAUSE INFLAMMATION LEADING WEAKENING WIDENING OF THE PASSGES DEFORMED ALLOWING MORE MUCUS BACTERIA TO ACCUMULATE RESULTING CYCLE |
BRONCHIOLES | BRANCHES OF THE BRONCHI SMALLER THAN ONE MILLIMETER IN DIAMETER |
BRONCHOSPASMS | SPASMODIC CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCULAR LINING OF THE SMALLER DIVISIONS OF THE BRONCHI SUCH AS OCCURS IN ASTHMA |
BULLAE-BULLOUS | LARGE VESICLES OR BUBBLING OUT OF THE LUNG TISSUE |
CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG | CANCER OF THE LUNG |
CARDIOMYOPATHY | A GENERAL DIAGNOSTIC TERM DESIGNATING PRIMARY MYOCARDIAL DISEASE |
CHEYNE-STROKES RESPIRATION | A TYPE OF PERIDIC BREATHING WITH CYCLES OF GRADUALLY INCRESING TIDAL VOLUMES TO MAXIMUM THEN PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING TIDAL VOLUME TERMINATING IN A PERIOD OF APNEA |