Respiration

Question 1

Alveoli

Answer 1

The function units of the lungs

Question 2

Is effective in bringing up sputum

Answer 2

Productive cough

Question 3

Epistaxis

Answer 3

Nosebleed

Question 4

Expectoration

Answer 4

Act of spitting out saliva or coughing up material from the air passageway leading to the lungs

Question 5

Hemoptysis

Answer 5

Expectoration of blood arising from the oral cavity, larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs

Question 6

rhinorrhea

Answer 6

Thin watery discharge from the nose

Question 7

rales

Answer 7

abnormal sound heard on auscultation of the chest, that is cracking sound similar to that of moisture crackling in a tub as air passes through

Question 8

Strider

Answer 8

Harsh sound during respiration, particularly inhalation, that is high-pitch and resembles the blowing of wind, due to obstruction of air passage

Question 9

Wheezing

Answer 9

Whistling sound resulting from narrowing of the lumen of a respiratory passageway, heard without the aid of a stethoscope

Question 10

Dysphonia

Answer 10

Difficulty in speaking, or hoarseness