Community Medicine / Medical Terminology

BronchiBronchus –L=winpipeBronchiolus-L= air passageAnatomic termsBronchi (sing bronchus), main two primary divisions, one toeach lung,(right main bronchus, left mainbronchus).Bronchioles, bronchioi=smaller sub divisionLungsOrgin of termsAlveolus –L =small saclike dilatation.Apex of the lung, base of lungLobe=major division of lungDiagnostic termsAbscess of lungAplasia of the lung =incomplete development of the lung.Pneumonia =disease of the lungPnemonitis =inflammation of the lungSymptomatic termsAnoxemia =deficient oxygen tension in arterial bloodAnoxia =oxygen want in tissue and organThorax , pleura and mediastinum21