*A,P 2 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Asphyxia | Oxegen Starvation |
Aspiration | Inhalation of foreign substance |
Bronchiectasis | Chronic dilation of the bronchi |
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration | Repeated cycle of shallow breathes that increase in depth and rapitidy, the decrease and cease altogether for 10 - 15 sec |
Diptheria | Bacterial infection of mucous membranes/ oropharynx and larynx enlarge and become leathery |
Dyspnea | painful or labored breathing |
Epistaxis | loss of blood from the nose |
Orthopnea | dyspnea that occurs in the horizontal position |
Rhinitis | Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose |
Tachypnea | Rapid breathing |
Hypoxia | a deficiency of Oxygen at the tissue level |
Hypoxic hypoxia | low oxygen in the blood from high altitude |
Anemic hypoxia | Reduced hemogloblin in blood from blood loss/anemia/Hgb combinrd to CO |
Ischemic hypoxia | blodd flow to tissue is reduced from infart or cut vessel to organ |
Copd | general term for any disease that blocks the airway |
Asthma | inflammation of the airway producing sporadic narrowing of the airway by smooth muscle contraction |
Bronchitis | increased mucus production from underlying irritaition/ smoking or allerigies |
Emphysemia | aveoli wall disinterate/ large air space/ air trapped in aveoli/ loss of elastic fibers |
Pneumonia | infection of the aveoli |
Tuberculosis | Infection by mycobaterium tuberculosis |
Coryza | common cold or flu |
Pulmonary embolism | blood cot or foreign substance in pulmonary arterial vessel |
Pulmonary edema | accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces and alveoli |
Cystic fibrosis | increased abnormal secretions of respiratory system, pancreas, salivary glands and sweat glands |
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