Chapter 13: Respiratory System
Depletion of blood oxygen:
Asphyxia
Asthma
Bronchial disease with wheezing, dyspnea
Inability to breathe unless upright:
Orthopnea
Fast Respiration:
Tachypnea
A patient with a foreign body trapped in a lung passageway would be a candidate for _______?
Tracheostomy
The test which is performed to determine the amount of air that can be expelled from the lungs after deep
a pulmonary function test
The bronchioles terminate into structures called:
alveoli
A temporary cessation of breathing is termed:
apnea
ABG
arterial blood cases
A slower than normal respiratory rate of breathing is termed:
bradypnea
CXR
chest x-ray
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
The solidification of lung tissue which sometimes occurs in pneumonia is called:
consolidation
Heart failure from pulmonary disease is called:
cor pulmonale
Heart failure which results from pulmonary disease is known as:
cor pulmonale
Hemoptysis
coughing up blood
The hereditary respiratory disorder associated with malfunctioning of the pancreas:
cystic fibrosis
The name of the structure which covers the opening of the larynx during swallowing is the:
epiglottis
Histoplasmosis
fungal disease of the lungs
A person experiencing Kussmaul breathing is:
gasping for breath
Jane sustains a traumatic injury to her chest. The ED MD determines that she has a _______________, which is blood in her chest cavity.
hemathorax
Blood in the pleural thoracic cavity is called:
hemothorax
When part of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragm into the chest, the medical term is:
hiatal hernia
The part of the lung where the blood vessels, nerves, and bronchi enter is called the:
hilus
An excess of carbon dioxide in the blood is called:
hypercapnia
The medical term which means an excessive amount of carbon dioxide in the blood is:
hypercapnia
Process of excessive ventilating:
hyperventilating
Pneumonia
inflammation of the lung
Mrs. Jones, who has a left upper lobe lung tumor, is scheduled for removal of the lung lobe. This procedure is called a/an:
lobectomy
Hyaline membrane disease is a leading cause of death in:
neonates
Eupnea
normal breathing
The membrane coverings that enclose the lungs are called the:
pleurae
Anthracosis and silicosis are examples of:
pneumoconioses
Air or gas in the pleural space is called __________________.
pneumothorax
Surgical reconstruction of the nose is termed:
rhinoplasty
The medical term for drainage/discharge of the nose is:
rhinorrhea
The common term for rhinitis rhinorrhea is:
runny nose
SOB
shortness of breath
The common term for asphyxiation is:
suffocation
A faster than normal respiratory rate of breathing is termed:
tachypnea
Coryza is a term describing:
the common cold
The medical term coryza refers to:
the common cold
A tracheostomy is a procedure involving:
the creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck
Expectorants are medications which promote:
the loosening of secretions
The creating of an opening into the trachea is a/an:
tracheostomy
Patients with pneumonia often find it difficult to take deep breaths. The term for this is:
dyspnea
Someone who experiences difficulty breathing except when in the upright position has:
orthopnea
True or False: The membrane that covers the lungs is called the parietal pleura
False
True or False: The membrane that lines the thoracic cavity is called the visceral pleura.
False
Deficient amounts of oxygen:
Hypoxia
Pleurisy
Inflammation of the pleura
Which of the following does NOT contribute to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Laryngitis
True or False: Labored or difficulty breathing is termed dyspnea.
True
The abbreviation that is the general term for colds and flu is
URI (Upper Respiratory Infection)
URI
Upper Respiratory Infection
Bordetella pertussis is the cause of which of the following respiratory disorders?
Whooping cough
Coccidiodomycosis is:
a disease caused by a fungus
Epitaxis is the term for:
a nosebleed
A condition where the patient breathes deeply a short time and then breaths slightly or stops altogether with the cycle repeating itself is called
Cheyne-Stokes
Emphysema
Chronic bronchiolar disease with obstruction
Valley fever is another name for:
Coccidioidomycosis
Empyema
Pus in the pleural cavity
The disorder "crib death" is also known as
SIDS
