The suffix dosis or osis, from ancient Greek, simply means an abnormal or diseased state of the word to which it is attached, as in lordosis, scoliosis and kyphosisâ¦ which describe abnormal curvatures of the spine, neurosis an early generic term for certain mental illnesses and endometriosis in which uterine tissue grows elsewhere in ...
1 If the clot travels to the lungs and blocks blood flow, the condition is called pulmonary embolism. 2  Peripheral artery disease (PAD): A narrowing of the peripheral arteries, most commonly in the arteries of the pelvis and legs. 3  PAD is similar to coronary artery disease (CAD) and carotid artery disease. If the clot travels to the lungs and blocks blood flow, the condition is called pulmonary embolism. 2  Peripheral artery disease (PAD): A narrowing of the peripheral arteries, most commonly in the arteries of the pelvis and legs. 3  PAD is similar to coronary artery disease (CAD) and carotid artery disease.
Within the lungs, your bronchi branch into thousands of smaller, thinner tubes called bronchioles. These tubes end in bunches of tiny round air sacs called alveoli (al-VEE-uhl-eye). Each of these air sacs is covered in a mesh of tiny blood vessels called capillaries.our lungs and linked blood vessels deliver oxygen to your body and remove carbon dioxide from your body. Your lungs lie on either side of your breastbone and fill the inside of your chest cavity.