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Nicoles Vocab
For test # 3 Mr broyles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adventitous | abnormal breath sounds |
| atelectasis | collapse of lung tissue,preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide |
| Bronchoscopy | visual examination of the Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi using a standard rigid tubular metal bronchoscope or narrower flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope |
| Cor pulmonale | abnormal cardiac condition charecteruzed by hyperthrophy of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of hypertension of pulmonary circulation |
| Coryza | acute inflammation of the mucus membranes of the nose & accessory sinuses, usually accompained by edema of the mucosa & nasal discharge |
| Crackles | short discrete interrupted crackling or bubbling adventitous breath sounds heard on auscultation of the chest, most commonly heard upon inspiration |
| Cyanosis | slight bluish gray,slatelike color or dark purple discoloration of the skin resulting from the presence of abnormally reduced amounts of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood |
| Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| Embolism | an abnormal circulatory condition in which a embolus travels through the bloodstream and becomes lodge in a vessel |
| Empyema | accumulation of pus in a body cavity especially in the pleural space as a result of infection |
| Epistaxis | hemmorage from the nose aka a nosebleed |
| Exacerbation | an increase in the seriousness of a disease or disorder, marked by greater intensity in the signs or symptoms of the patient being treated |
| Extrinsic | caused by external factors, outside the body |
| Hypercapnia | greater than normal of carbon dioxide in the blood, too much CO2 |
| Hypoventilation | abnormal condition of respiratory system that occurs when the volume of air is not adequate for the metabolic needs of the body |
| Hypoxia | an inadequate, reduced tension of cellular oxygen, oxygen deficiency |
| Intrinsic | caused by internal factors, inside the body |
| Orthopnea | an abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand in order to breathe deeply or comfortably |
| Plueral friction rub | low pitched grating or creaking lung sounds that occur when inflammed pleural surfaces rub together during respirations |
| Pneumothorax | a collection of air or gas in the pleural space causing the lung to collapse |
| Silibant wheeze | musical, high pitched sqeaking or whistlelike sound caused by rapid movement or air throught narrowed bronchioles |
| Sonorous wheeze | low pitched, loud coarse snoring wheeze |
| Stretorous | pertaining to a respiratory effort that is strenous & struggling which provokes a snoring sound |
| Tachypnea | abnormal rapid rate of breathing |
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