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Respiratory System
Question | Answer |
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Rales | Abnormal sounds heard on chest auscultation; crackling sounds |
Dysphonia | Difficulty speaking; hoarseness |
Stridor | Harsh, high-pitched whistling sound of blowing wind heard primarily on inhalation |
Productive Cough | Bringing up sputum |
Orthopnea | Abnormal condition where sitting up straight is required to breathe comfortable |
Bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing |
Croup | Childhood disease; |
Empyema | Pus in a body cavity(primarly pleural; pyothorax), a result of lung infection |
Coryza | the common cold, inflammation of respiratory mucous membaranes |
Pneumothorax | Gas collection in pleural cavity, results from; perforation of chest wall or visceral pleura |
Kussmaul's Respirations | Deep,gasping respiration; associated with diabetic acidosis |
Anthracosis | Black lung disease |
Asbestosis | Lung disease resulting from; inhalation of asbestos particles |
Silicosis | Lung disease resulting from; inhalation of silica dust |
Pleurisy | Inflammation of visceral and parietal pleura |
Byssinosis | Brown lung disease |
Asthma | Paryoxysmal dyspnea with wheezing |
Emphysema | chronic pulmonary disease in which lungs lose elasticity |
Pulmonary Edema | lung swelling with fluid accumulation in the lungs, either in the alveoli or interstitial spaces |
Lung Cancer | Bronchiogenic carcinoma |
Cor Pulmonale | Pulmonary heart disease |
Pertussis | Whooping Cough |
Alveoli | air cells of lungs, functional units of the lungs |
Apex of Lung | Upper portion of lung |
Base of Lung | lowest portion of lung |
Bronchi | has two main branches leading from airway to lungs |
Diaphragm | Musculomembranous wall; separtes thorax and abdomen |
Epiglottis | thin leaf-shaped, posterior to tongue root, vocers entrance to larynx when swallowing |
Larynx | voice box |
Nares | external nostrils |
Nasopharynx | part of pharynx located above the soft palate |
Paranasal sinuses | hallow cavities within the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity |
Pharynx | throat |
Pleura | double-folded membrane, lines throacic cavity |
Thorax | Chest |
Visceral Pleura | portion of the pleura closest to internal organs |
Trachea | windpipe |
apnea | temporary cessation of breathing |
Tachypnea | rapid breathing |
Wheeze | whistling sound or sighing from narrowed lumen of respiratory passageway |
Laryngitis | inflammation of the larynx |
Pharyngitis | inflammation of the pharynx |
Epistaxis | Nosebleed |
Rhinorrhea | Thin watery nasal discharge |
Expectoration | Coughing up material from air passageway which leads to the lungs |
Inspection | Visual examination of the external body, its movements and posture |
Palpation | Examination by using hands and fingers on external body surfaces to detect evidence of disease or abnormaility |
Auscultation | Listening for sounds in order to detect an abnormal condition using a stethoscope |
Percussion | Use of fingertips to lightly tap the body in order to determine; postion, size and consistency of an underlying struction and/or the presence of fluid in a cavity |
Thoracentisis | Removal of excess pleural fluid or air from pleural spaces using needle aspiration |
Bronchoscopy | interior exam of bronchi using lighted flexible endoscope |