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espn lsiii resp voca
espnlspIIIrespiratory vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Exchange of CO2 and O2 between alveoli and pulmonary capillary | ExternalRespirations |
| A surgical perforation of the chest wall and pleural space with a needle for the aspiration of fluid | Thoracentesis |
| Spasm of the larygeal muscle | laryngospasm |
| Accumulation of pus in the pleural space | Empyema |
| Abnormally rapid breathing | Tachypnea |
| Hardening of tissue | Induration |
| Collapsed lung tissue | Atelectasis |
| Crackling or bubbling sounds usually heard on inspiration | Crackles |
| Destruction of tissue,resulting in the formation of a cavity | Cavitation |
| Drainage of pulmonary secretions by positioning the patient so that gravity will enhance drainage of a particular lobe or lobes | Postural Drainage |
| A collection of air in the pleural cavity | Pneumothorax |
| A protein present in the lung that prevents alveolar collapse | Surfactant |
| Bloody sputum | Hemoptysis |
| Specialized receptors sensitive to CO2 and O2 levels and pH of the blood | Chemoreceptors |
| Decreased O2 concentration | Hypoxia |
| Exchange of O2 and CO2 at the cellular level | Internal Respiration |
| Agents that decrease the viscosity of the sputum | Mucolytic |
| When a person must sit or stand in order to breathe comfortably | Orthnpnea |
| abnormal soounds superimposed on breath sounds | Adventitous breath sounds |
| Low pitched grating or creaking sound lungs that occur when inflamed pleural surfaces rub together during respiration | Plural Friction rub |
| Adventitioousbreath sounds that have a whistling or sighing sound resuklting from narrowing of the lumen of repiratory passageway. May be heard both on inspiration and expiration. Wheezes characteristically clear on coughing | Wheezes |
| a shifting/moving of the tissues and organs that comprise the mediastinum (heart, great vessels, trachea and esophagus) to one side of the chest cavity. The cond.occurs when a severe injury to the chest causes the entrapment of air in the pleural | Mediastinal Shift |
| the outer layer of the pleura, lining the walls of the thoracic cavity. | Parietal Pleura |
| small pocket of air under the visceral pleura; may be congenital or acquired. | Pulmonary Bleb |
| A coarse rattling sound somewhat like snoring, usually caused by secretion in a bronchial tube. | Rhonchi |
| pleura that covers the lungs pleura - the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest | Visceral pleura |
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