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