Day 2 Flashcards
coryza
A runny nose. The word coryza came from the Greek koryza thought to have been compounded from kara , head + zeein , to boil = boiling over from the head.
debride
A term of French origin for the removal of necrotic, infected or foreign material from a wound.
ethmoid
The ethmoid bone.
The ethmoid bone is a bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the brain.
fenestra ovalis
The oval window, also known as the fenestra ovalis, is a connective tissue membrane located at the end of the middle ear and the beginning of the inner ear.
leukotriene
Any of a group of hormonesderived from arachidonate (arachidonic acid).They are thought to mediate the allergic response that causes lungconstriction and muscle contraction in asthma.