Question | Answer |
nose | rhin/o or nas/o |
throat | pharyng/o pharynx |
nose throat | nasopharynx |
mouth throat | oropharynx |
voicebox | larynx laryng/o |
windpipe | trachea trache/o |
airways to the lungs | bronchus bronchi/o |
lungs | pneumon/o |
air sac | alveolus alveol/o |
chest | thorax |
intercostal muscles | between bone / between ribs |
asthma | resp. disorder w/ episodes of dyspnea |
bronchitis | inflammation of bronchi / hard to breathe in and out |
abnormal lung sounds | pleural friction rub, rales, rhonchi, stridor, wheezes |
pleural friction rub | grating |
rales | bubbling or crackling |
rhonchi | humming or whistling |
stridor | high-pitched harsh crowing |
wheezes | high-pitched squeaking |
ARDS | adult respiratory distress syndrome |
COPD | cronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CF Cystic Fibrosis | hereditary /fatal disease /mucus blocks alveoli causing dyspnea |
PE pulmonary embolism | blocking pulmonary artery by traveling blood clot or fat globule |
empyema | em- in; py/o- pus; -ema condition pus in the lungs also called pyothorax |
influenza | viral infection upper/lower resp. system, can cause death |
pneumonia | infection in some or all lobes of lungs, diff. breathing, fluid in alveoli |
pulmonary edema | failure of left side of heart to pump adequately, fluid collects in alveoli, dyspnea and orthopnea |
hemothorax | blood in closed chest, pressure on heart and lungs |
pneumothorax | sucking chest wound, outside air into chest, pressure on heart and lungs |
apnea | not breathing |
bradypnea | very slow breathing |
tachypnea | very fast breathing |
dyspnea | painfull breathing |
orthopnea | must sit up (straight) to breathe |
anoxia | lack of oxygen in arterial blood, not enough reaching the lungs an- without, ox/o oxygen, -ia condition or state |
cyanosis | blue-gray in color low oxygen, high carbon dioxide in blood and tissue |
hypoxemia | hypo- below, ox/o oxygen, -emia condition of blood |
hypoxia | hypo- below, ox/o oxygen, -ia condition or state |
ABG | aterial blood gases |
AFB | acid-fast bacillus |
AP | anteroposterior (view on chest x-ray) |
BS | breath sounds |
COPD | cronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CPAP | continuous positive airway pressure |
DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
PFT | pulmonary funtion test |
PPD | protein purified derivative (TB test) packs per day |
SIDS | sudden intant death syndrome |
SOB | shortness of breath |
mediastinum | smaller chest cavity w trachea, heart |
empyema | py/o pus, localized collection of pus in thoracic cavity |