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chapter 28 key terms
concept 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crackling or popping sound under the skin or in joints, often caused by air or gas | Crepitus |
| A bluish color of the skin, lips, or nails due to low oxygen in the blood | Cyanosis |
| Endotracheal tube | A tube placed into the windpipe (trachea) to help a person breathe |
| Breathing out air from the lungs. | Exhalation |
| Hemothorax | Blood in the chest cavity, between the lungs and chest wall |
| Hypoxemia | Low oxygen level in the blood |
| Low oxygen in the body's tissues (organs and cells) | Hypoxia |
| Incentive spirometer | A breathing device used after surgery to help keep lungs clear and prevent infection. |
| Inhalation | Breathing in air into the lungs |
| A machine that turns liquid medicine into mist to be breathed into the lungs. | Nebulizer |
| Parietal pleura | The outer lining of the chest cavity |
| Extra fluid in the space between the lungs and chest wall | Pleural effusion |
| Pneumothorax | Air in the chest cavity that causes the lung to collapse. |
| Thick mucus coughed up from the lungs. | Sputum |
| A life-threatening buildup of air in the chest that compresses the lung and heart | Tension pneumothorax |
| A surgical opening in the neck into the windpipe to help with breathing | Tracheostomy |
| Visceral pleura | The inner lining that covers the lungs directly. |
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