Diagnostic & Pathological Term | Definition |
AUSCULATION | listening to sounds within the body |
PERCUSSION | tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlysing structure. |
PLEURAL RUB | scratchy sound produced by the motion of inflamed or irritated pleural surfaces rubing against each other. |
RALES | abnormal crackling sounds heard during inspiration when there is fluid, blood, or pus in the alveoli |
SPUTUM | material expelled from the chest cavity by coughing or clearing of the throat. |
WHEEZES | continuous high pitched whistling sounds heard when air is forced through a narrow space during inspiration or expiration. |
CROUP | acute viral infection in infants and childern characterized by a barking cough. |
DIPTHERIA | acute infection of the throat and upper repiratory tract caused by the bacteria (Corynebacterium) |
PERTUSSIS | bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea that is highly contagious. (Whooping cough) |
ASTHMA | chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by airway obstruction caused by edema, bronchoconstriction, and increased mucus production. |
CYSTIC FIBROSIS | Inherited disorder of exocrine glands resulting in thick mucous secretions that do not drain normally. |
EMPHYSEMA | hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar wall. |
PNEUMONIA | acute inflammation and infection of alveoli which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory response. |
PULMONARY ABSCESS | a large collection of pus (bacterial infection) in the lungs. |
PULMONARY EMBOLISM | clot (thrombus) or other material lodges in vessels of the lung. |
PULMONARY FIBROSIS | formation of scar tissue in the connective tissue of the lungs. |
TUBERCULOSIS | Infectious disease caused by Myobacterium tuberculosis; lungs are usually involved but any organ may be affected. |
PLEURISY | Inflammation fo the pleura |
PNEUMOTHORAX | colleciton of air in the pleural space. |
PULMONARY EDEMA | swelling and fluid in the air sacs and bronchioles. |