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respiratory and development theory

QuestionAnswer
concerning or causing physical activity associated with mental processes Psychomotor
both sensory and motor sensorimotor
thinking skills that include language use, calculation, perception, memory, awareness, reasoning, judgement, learning, intellect, social skills, imagination Cognitive
pertaining to an emotional or mental state affective
Theory that believes patterns of growth involve genetic blueprinting Gessell's Developmental Theory
Theory that suggests there are stages of psychosexual development with a balance of pleasure seeking drives and social pressure. Freud
normal breathing (12-20) Eupnea
abnormally slow breathing pattern <12 Bradypnea
abnormally fast breathing pattern, above 20, not always a cause Tachypnea
temporary cessation of breathing, no respirations for 10 seconds or more Apnea
Muscles such as the sternocledomastoid, abdominals, trapezius and costals used for breathing Accessory muscles
increased rate of breathing, deeper than usually experienced during normal activity, often due to disease, aspirin overdose Hyperpnea
"air hunger" labored/difficult breathing Dyspnea
discomfort breathing in any position other than erect sitting/standing position or in a bed 45 degrees Orthopnea
abnormal breath sounds adventitious
whistling, musical sound from airflow in a severely narrowed bronchus wheezing
high pitched, fine, medium or coarse sounds, random/sudden reinflation of alveolit, phenmonia, congestive heart failure, bronchitis Rales/Crackles
vibrations felt through the chest wall when client is speaking Tactile/Vocal Fremitus
dry, grating quality, one membrane rubbing up against another, loudest over loer, lateral, anterior Pleaural Friction
sonorous wheeze, loud, low pitched, muscular spasm, fluid/mucous in trachea, bronchi Rhonchi
movement/depth of the chest wall excursion
reduced rate and depth of breathing hypoventilation
increased rate and depth of breathing hyperventilation
collapse of alveoli, no air movement in small airways not useing chest effectively to breathe, reason the patient is encouraged to cough after surgery Atelectasis
number of lobes in the lungs 5
chest thorax
space within the thorax containing lungs pleural cavity
collection of air or gas in the pleural space pneumothorax
space between visceral and parietal layers of the pleurae pleural space
abnormal accumulation of fluid in intrapleural spaces of lungs pleural effusion
invasive removal of air and/or fluid from pleural space for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes thoracenthesis
loud, high pitched with hollow quality, best heard over trachea, anterior chest bronchial sound
blowing sound, medium pitch and intensity, heard over upper thorax bronchovesicular
soft, breezy, low pitched, heard over loer thorax vesicular
exchange of oxygen/carbon dioxide gases in and out of lungs (external resp) ventilation
movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between alveoli and red blood cells (internal resp) diffusion
distribution of red blood cells to and from pulmonary capillaries, getting to the proper places perfusion
plays importatn role in maintaining homeostasis or acid/base balance respiratory system
difficulty breathing dyspnea
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