PATHOLOGICAL Term Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
auscultation | Listening to sounds within the body |
percussion | Tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure |
pleural rub | scratchy sound produced by pleural surfaces rubbing against each other |
rales (crackles) | Fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation) when there is fluid in the alveoli |
rhonchi (singular: rhonchus) | Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum |
sputum | Material expelled from the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting |
stridor | strained, high-pitched sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx |
wheezes | continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during breathing |
diphtheria | acute infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract caused by the diphtheria bacterium (corynebacterium) |
pertussis | whooping cough; highly contagious bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea caused by Bordetella pertussis |
pulmonary parenchyma | TERMINAL bronchioles and alveoli. |
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