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Thoracic Surgery

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1. Incision into the thoracic cavity to provide to provide access to organs of the chest






2. Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space






3. Pus in a body cavity - expecially in the pleural cavity






4. Excision of the fibrinous deposits or restrictive membranes of pleurae that interfere with respiratory function






5. Small subdivision of the lobes of the lung - seperate from others by connective tissue and supplied by seperated branches of the bronchus leading to the particular lobe






6. Congenital malformation of the chest wall characterized by a funnel-shaped depression of the lower end of the sternum and costal cartilages






7. Removal of an individual bronchovascular segment of a pulmonary lobe with ligation of segmental branches of pulmonary vessels and division of the segmental bronchus






8. Accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity - resulting in the collapse of the lung on the affected side






9. Space lying above the diaphragm and below the base of the neck






10. Accumulation of blood or fluid in the pleural cavity caused by the rupture of small blood vessels due to trauma or inflammation of the lungs in pneumonia - pulmonary tuberculosis - or a malignant growth






11. Amount of air inhaled and exhaled during normal quiet breathing






12. Amount of air remaining in the lungs @ the end of a maximum respiration






13. Soft indentation along the midline immediately above the sternum






14. Space between two ribs






15. Excision of a small part from the periphery of a pylmonary lobe






16. Well-defined portions; the right lung has 3 - the left lung has 2






17. Lack of an adequate amount of oxygen in inspired air; reduced oxygen content or tension






18. Direct visualization of the esophagus and cardiac portion of the stomach by means of a lighted scope






19. Maximum volume of air that can be expired from the resting expiratory level






20. Serous membrane enclosing the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity






21. Direct visualization of the tracheobronchial tree following insertion of a rigid or flexible lighted scope






22. Excision of the small portion of the lung tissue for diagnosis






23. Direct visualization of the mediastinal space and lymph nodes by means of a lighted scope






24. Secretions obtained from the bronchi for laboratory examination following injection and aspiration of small amounts of saline






25. Direct visualization of the pleural space - pleurae - mediastinum - pericardium - and thoracic wall by means of a lighted scope