chapter 8

Question 1

Respiration

Answer 1

The combined activity of multiple processes that supply oxygen to all of the body cells and remove co2

Question 2

Respiratory system

Answer 2

Consists of a series of passages that bring outside air in contact with special structures that lie close to blood capillaries

Question 3

inspiration/inhalation

Answer 3

Air into the lungs

Question 4

expiration/exhalation

Answer 4

Air out of the lungs

Question 5

pulmonologist

Answer 5

Physician who specializes in anatomy and physiology and pathology of lungs

Question 6

Passage of air and organs of respiration

Answer 6

Nasal cavity -> oral cavity -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea-> left and right bronchus -> bronchioles -> alveoli

Question 7

diaphragm

Answer 7

Muscular wall that separates the abdomen from the thoracic cavity; contracts and relaxes with each inhalation/exhalation

Question 8

pleura

Answer 8

Membrane that surrounds each lung

Question 9

Pleural cavity

Answer 9

Space between the pleura that covers the lungs and the pleura that lines the thoracic cavity

Question 10

alvelo/o

Answer 10

alveolus

Question 11

bronchi/o

Answer 11

bronchus

Question 12

bronchiol/o

Answer 12

bronchiol/o

Question 13

epiglott/o

Answer 13

epiglottis

Question 14

laryng/o

Answer 14

Larynx

Question 15

lob/o

Answer 15

lobe

Question 16

nas/o

Answer 16

nose

Question 17

phren/o

Answer 17

disphragm

Question 18

pleur/o

Answer 18

pleura

Question 19

pharyng/o

Answer 19

pharynx

Question 20

pneum/o

Answer 20

lung

Question 21

trache/o

Answer 21

trachea

Question 22

oximeter/pximetry

Answer 22

Measuring oxygen concentration (ET finger)

Question 23

eupnea

Answer 23

Normal breathing

Question 24

bradypnea

Answer 24

Slow breathing (slower than 12 breaths a min)

Question 25

tachypnea

Answer 25

Fast breathing (Faster than 20 breaths a minute)

Question 26

Hyperpnea

Answer 26

Deep fast breathing (faster than 20 breaths a min)

Question 27

orthopnea

Answer 27

Pain when breathing in any position other than sitting erect or standing

Question 28

spirometry

Answer 28

The measurement of the amount of air taken into and out of the lungs

Question 29

pneumothorax

Answer 29

Air or gas in the chest cavity

Question 30

Hemothorax

Answer 30

Blood in the pleural cavity

Question 31

bronchiectasis

Answer 31

Chronic dilation of a bronchus accompanied by a secondary infection that usually involves the lower part of the lung

Question 32

Carcinoma of the lung

Answer 32

Lung cancer

Question 33

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Answer 33

Disease that decreases the lungs ability to perform ventilatory functions, chronic airflow limitation is a common symptom

Question 34

Emphysema

Answer 34

Chronic disease characterized by an increase of alveoli size and destructive changes in their walls resulting in difficulty breathing, hypoventilation, and hypoxemia

Question 35

Nasal polyp

Answer 35

Abnormal protruding growth from the nasal mucosa

Question 36

pneumoconiosis

Answer 36

Respiratory condition caused by inhalation of dust particles

Question 37

Pulmonary embolism

Answer 37

Blockage of a pulmonary artery by foreign matter

Question 38

Severe acute repiratory disease

Answer 38

Infectious respiratory disease spread by close contact with an infected person and caused by coronavirus. Fatality rate of 3%.

Question 39

silicosis

Answer 39

Form of pneumoconiosis

Question 40

tuberculosis

Answer 40

Caused by bacterium that produces tubercles (small round nodules) in the lungs

Question 41

Orotracheal intubation

Answer 41

Short term airway management by way of mouth

Question 42

Nasotracheal intubation

Answer 42

Short term airway management by way of nose

Question 43

Tracheostomy tube

Answer 43

Incision into trachea to place tube (through neck, opening in neck)

Question 44

Endotracheal intubation

Answer 44

Insertion of an airway tube through mouth or nose into the trachea (nasotracheal and orotracheal are subtypes)

Question 45

antitussives

Answer 45

Prevent or relieve coughing

Question 46

antihistamines

Answer 46

Used to treat colds

Question 47

expectorants

Answer 47

Improve expulsion of mucus from the lungs

Question 48

Percutaneous biopsy

Answer 48

Tissue is obtained by puncturing the suspected lesion through the skin

Question 49

pneumonectomy

Answer 49

Surgical remval of part of a lung

Question 50

thoracentesis

Answer 50

Surgical puncture of the chest cavity to remove fluid