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Week 5
ch 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apena | cessation of breathing |
| eupnea | good/normal breathing |
| tachypnea | rapid breathing |
| bradypnea | slow breathing |
| hypopnea | shallow breathing |
| hyperpnea | heavy breathing |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| orthopnea | able to breathe only in an upright position |
| hyperventilation | over breathing: the condition of having too much air flowing into and out of the lungs, leads to hypocapina |
| hypoventilation | under breathing, having too little air flowing into and out of the lungs, leads to hypercapnia |
| dysphonia | bad voice condition (hoarseness) |
| epistaxis | a nosebleed |
| rhinorrhagia | excessive blood flow from the nose (another term for nosebleed) |
| rhinorrhra | runny nose |
| bronchospasm | involuntary contraction of the bronchus |
| phrenospasm | involuntary contraction of the diaphragm (also known as the hiccups) |
| bronchorrhea | discharge from the bronchi |
| expectoration | coughing or spitting material out of the lungs |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| sputum | mucus discharged from the lungs by coughing |
| auscultation | a health care professional using a stethoscpope to listen to a patients chest |
| cyanosis | a blush color in the skin caused by insufficient oxygen |
| pectus carinatum | a chest that protrudes like the keel of a ship |
| pectus excavatum | a chest that is hollowed out |
| percussion | striking the body surface ( in this context to cause vibrations that can help locate fluid build up in the chest) |
| retraction | the sucking in of the skin around bones during inhalation, happens when someone is in respiratory distress |
| atelectasis | incomplete expansion |
| bronchiectasis | expansion of the bronchi |
| chylothorax | chyle in the chest |
| empyema | pus inside the chest |
| hemothorax | blood in the chest |