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M6 13-005
Exam #5 Respiratory Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adventitious | Abnormal sounds superimposed on breath sounds |
| Atelectasis | Collapsed lung tissues, preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen |
| Bronchoscopy | Visual examination of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi using a standard rigid, tubular middle bronchoscope or a narrower, flexible fiber optic bronchoscope. |
| Cor Pumonale | Abnormal cardiac condition characterized by hypertropia and right ventricle the heart as a result of hypertension pulmonary circulation |
| Coryza | Acute inflammation of the mucous membranes and accessories sinuses, usually accompanied by a edema of the mucosa and nasal discharge |
| Crackles | Short, discrete, interrupted crackling sounds heard in the lungs upon inspiration. Only called rales. |
| Cyanosis | Blue coloring of the skin due to lack of oxygen |
| Dyspnea | Shortness of breath |
| Embolism | Foreign object, quantity of air or gas or thrombus that circulates in the bloodstream |
| Empyema | Accumulation of possibly body cavity, especially in the plural space, as a result of infection. |
| Epistaxis | Nosebleed |
| Exacerbation | Increasing seriousness of a disease or disorder; Marked by greater intensity of sinus symptoms of the patient being treated |
| Extrinsic | Cause by external factors |
| Hypercapnia | Greater than normal amount of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| Hypoventilation | Volume of air is not adequate for the metabolic needs of the body |
| Hypoxia | And in adequate, reduced tension of cellular oxygen. |
| Intrinsic | caused by internal factors |
| Orthopnea | Abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably. |
| Plural friction rubs | Low-pitched, grating or creaking lung sounds that occur when inflamed pleural spaces rub together during respirations. |
| Pneumothorax | In collection of error gas in the plural space, causing the lung to collapse |
| Sibilant wheezes | High pitched, squeaking, or whistle like sound caused by the rapid movement of air through narrow bronchioles |
| Stertorous | Pertaining to the respiratory effort that is strenuous and struggling, which provokes a snoring sound |
| Tachypnea | Rapid rate of breathing |
| Thoracentesis | Surgical perforation of the chest wall and pleural space with a needle for the aspiration of fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
| Virulent | Having the power to produce disease; of or pertaining to a very pathogenic or rapidly progressive condition |
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