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QP3-6
Question | Answer |
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HYPERCAPNIA-HYPERCARBIA | INCREASED CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION BLOOD CONDITION OCCURS WHEN BREATHING IS IMPAIRED & THE REMOVAL OF CO2 BY THE LUNG IS LESS THE PRODUCTION OF CO2 IN THE TISSUES OF CARBON DIOXIDE RETENTION IS MEASURED BY THE ARTERIAL&END TIDAL PCO2 |
HYPOXEMIA | DECREASED AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD |
HYPOXIA | DEFICIENCY OF OXYGEN REACHING THE BODY TISSUE |
INTERSTITIAL | REFERRING TO THE SPACE BETWEEN TISSUES |
KUSSMAUL BREATHING | AIR HUNGER DEEP SIGHING BREATHING SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC ACIDOSIS |
KYPHOSCOLIOSIS | ABNORMAL BACKWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE |
LARYNX | VOICE BOX UPPER PORTION OF THE TRACHEA WHICH ENCASES THE VOCAL CORDS |
MUCOCILIARY EXCALATOR | A DEFENSE MECHANISM OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM TINY CILIA LINE THE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND AID IN CLEARING THE LUNGS OF MUCUS TO THE BACK OF THE THROAT WHERE IT CAN EXPELLED OR SWALLOWED |
MYOCARDIUM | MIDDLE MUSCULAR LAYER OF THE HEART WALL |
ORTHOPNEA | DIFFICULTY BREATHING WHEN LYING DOWN IMPROVED UPSON STANDING OR SITTING |