Pulmonary

Question 1

Accessory muscle use

Answer 1

Struggling for breath using extra muscles in addition to the diaphragm

Question 2

Asthma

Answer 2

Constriction of the airways due to muscular contraction of the bronchioles

Question 3

Atelectasis

Answer 3

Collapse of the alveoli in the lungs due to disease or poor inspiration

Question 4

Bradypnea

Answer 4

Decreased respiratory rate

Question 5

Bronchiolitis

Answer 5

Inflammation/Infection of the bronchioles (smaller divisions of the bronchi)

Question 6

Bronchitis

Answer 6

Inflammation/Infection of the bronchi

Question 7

COPD

Answer 7

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Question 8

Croup

Answer 8

Viral infection of the upper airway with a barking cough and often stridor

Question 9

Dullness on percussion

Answer 9

Fluid or mass under area being percussed

Question 10

Dyspnea

Answer 10

Difficult and labored breathing, shortness of breath

Question 11

Hemoptysis

Answer 11

Coughing up blood

Question 12

Hemothorax

Answer 12

Blood fluid present in the pleural cavity

Question 13

Hyperventilation

Answer 13

Breathing too fast. A.k.a. Behavioral breathlessness or psychogenic dyspnea

Question 14

Nasal flaring

Answer 14

Enlargement of nostrils with breathing (sign of respiratory distress)

Question 15

Prolonged expiration

Answer 15

Expiratory phase that is markedly longer than the inspiratory phase; heard in asthmatics

Question 16

Pulmonary embolus

Answer 16

Blockage of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches due to a translocated clot

Question 17

Pleurisy

Answer 17

General term for pain with breathing

Question 18

Pneumothorax

Answer 18

Presence of air or gas in the pleural space; collapsed lung

Question 19

Pnuemonia

Answer 19

Infiltrate (infection) inside the lung tissue

Question 20

Prolonged expirations

Answer 20

Usually heard in asthmatics

Question 21

Rales

Answer 21

Crackles; Wet crackling heard in the lungs due to pneumonia or CHF

Question 22

Retractions

Answer 22

Visible sinking of the area between the ribs and in the neck during inhalation (Respiratory distress)

Question 23

Rhonchi

Answer 23

Sound of mucous rolling around in the bronchioles/bronchi

Question 24

Splinting

Answer 24

Avoiding deep inspirations due to increased pain with breathing

Question 25

Sputum

Answer 25

Matter coughed up from the lower airways

Question 26

Stridor

Answer 26

Upper airway noise; common sign in croup

Question 27

Tachypnea

Answer 27

Increased respiratory rate. Greater than 20 respirations per minute

Question 28

Wheezing

Answer 28

High pitched sound heard with asthmatics or lung disease