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Respiratory System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rales | Abnormal sounds heard on chest auscultation; crackling sounds |
| Dysphonia | Difficulty speaking; hoarseness |
| Stridor | Harsh, high-pitched whistling sound of blowing wind heard primarily on inhalation |
| Productive Cough | Bringing up sputum |
| Orthopnea | Abnormal condition where sitting up straight is required to breathe comfortable |
| Bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing |
| Croup | Childhood disease; |
| Empyema | Pus in a body cavity(primarly pleural; pyothorax), a result of lung infection |
| Coryza | the common cold, inflammation of respiratory mucous membaranes |
| Pneumothorax | Gas collection in pleural cavity, results from; perforation of chest wall or visceral pleura |
| Kussmaul's Respirations | Deep,gasping respiration; associated with diabetic acidosis |
| Anthracosis | Black lung disease |
| Asbestosis | Lung disease resulting from; inhalation of asbestos particles |
| Silicosis | Lung disease resulting from; inhalation of silica dust |
| Pleurisy | Inflammation of visceral and parietal pleura |
| Byssinosis | Brown lung disease |
| Asthma | Paryoxysmal dyspnea with wheezing |
| Emphysema | chronic pulmonary disease in which lungs lose elasticity |
| Pulmonary Edema | lung swelling with fluid accumulation in the lungs, either in the alveoli or interstitial spaces |
| Lung Cancer | Bronchiogenic carcinoma |
| Cor Pulmonale | Pulmonary heart disease |
| Pertussis | Whooping Cough |
| Alveoli | air cells of lungs, functional units of the lungs |
| Apex of Lung | Upper portion of lung |
| Base of Lung | lowest portion of lung |
| Bronchi | has two main branches leading from airway to lungs |
| Diaphragm | Musculomembranous wall; separtes thorax and abdomen |
| Epiglottis | thin leaf-shaped, posterior to tongue root, vocers entrance to larynx when swallowing |
| Larynx | voice box |
| Nares | external nostrils |
| Nasopharynx | part of pharynx located above the soft palate |
| Paranasal sinuses | hallow cavities within the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity |
| Pharynx | throat |
| Pleura | double-folded membrane, lines throacic cavity |
| Thorax | Chest |
| Visceral Pleura | portion of the pleura closest to internal organs |
| Trachea | windpipe |
| apnea | temporary cessation of breathing |
| Tachypnea | rapid breathing |
| Wheeze | whistling sound or sighing from narrowed lumen of respiratory passageway |
| Laryngitis | inflammation of the larynx |
| Pharyngitis | inflammation of the pharynx |
| Epistaxis | Nosebleed |
| Rhinorrhea | Thin watery nasal discharge |
| Expectoration | Coughing up material from air passageway which leads to the lungs |
| Inspection | Visual examination of the external body, its movements and posture |
| Palpation | Examination by using hands and fingers on external body surfaces to detect evidence of disease or abnormaility |
| Auscultation | Listening for sounds in order to detect an abnormal condition using a stethoscope |
| Percussion | Use of fingertips to lightly tap the body in order to determine; postion, size and consistency of an underlying struction and/or the presence of fluid in a cavity |
| Thoracentisis | Removal of excess pleural fluid or air from pleural spaces using needle aspiration |
| Bronchoscopy | interior exam of bronchi using lighted flexible endoscope |
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