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Exam #5 Respiratory Vocab

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Term
Definition
Adventitious   Abnormal sounds superimposed on breath sounds  
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Atelectasis   Collapsed lung tissues, preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen  
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Bronchoscopy   Visual examination of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi using a standard rigid, tubular middle bronchoscope or a narrower, flexible fiber optic bronchoscope.  
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Cor Pumonale   Abnormal cardiac condition characterized by hypertropia and right ventricle the heart as a result of hypertension pulmonary circulation  
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Coryza   Acute inflammation of the mucous membranes and accessories sinuses, usually accompanied by a edema of the mucosa and nasal discharge  
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Crackles   Short, discrete, interrupted crackling sounds heard in the lungs upon inspiration. Only called rales.  
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Cyanosis   Blue coloring of the skin due to lack of oxygen  
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Dyspnea   Shortness of breath  
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Embolism   Foreign object, quantity of air or gas or thrombus that circulates in the bloodstream  
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Empyema   Accumulation of possibly body cavity, especially in the plural space, as a result of infection.  
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Epistaxis   Nosebleed  
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Exacerbation   Increasing seriousness of a disease or disorder; Marked by greater intensity of sinus symptoms of the patient being treated  
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Extrinsic   Cause by external factors  
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Hypercapnia   Greater than normal amount of carbon dioxide in the blood  
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Hypoventilation   Volume of air is not adequate for the metabolic needs of the body  
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Hypoxia   And in adequate, reduced tension of cellular oxygen.  
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Intrinsic   caused by internal factors  
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Orthopnea   Abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably.  
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Plural friction rubs   Low-pitched, grating or creaking lung sounds that occur when inflamed pleural spaces rub together during respirations.  
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Pneumothorax   In collection of error gas in the plural space, causing the lung to collapse  
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Sibilant wheezes   High pitched, squeaking, or whistle like sound caused by the rapid movement of air through narrow bronchioles  
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Stertorous   Pertaining to the respiratory effort that is strenuous and struggling, which provokes a snoring sound  
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Tachypnea   Rapid rate of breathing  
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Thoracentesis   Surgical perforation of the chest wall and pleural space with a needle for the aspiration of fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes  
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Virulent   Having the power to produce disease; of or pertaining to a very pathogenic or rapidly progressive condition  
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