Respiratory System

Question 1

Pulse Oximetry

Answer 1

Determination of the oxygen saturation of atrial blood my means of a photoelectric apparatus (oximeter), usually placed on the finger or the ear, repeated as SpO2 in percent.

Question 2

Pneumonia

Answer 2

Inflammation of the lungs generally caused by infection. May involve the bronchioles and alveoli ( bronchopneumonia) or one or more lobes of the lungs (lobar pneumonia)

Question 3

Pleural effusion

Answer 3

Accumulation of fluid in the pleural spaces, the fluid may contain blood (hemothorax) of pus (pyothorax or empyema)

Question 4

Influenza

Answer 4

An acute, contagious respiratory infection causing fever, chills, headache, and muscle pain (flu)

Question 5

Hypoventilation

Answer 5

Condition in which the amount of air entering the alveoli is insufficient to meet metabolic needs and blood carbon dioxide increases to levels above normal

Question 6

Hyperventilation

Answer 6

Increase in the rate of depth of breathing to above optimal levels, with blood carbon dioxide decreasing to levels below normal

Question 7

Emphysema

Answer 7

A chronic pulmonary disease characterized by enlargement and destruction of the alveoli

Question 8

Spir/o

Answer 8

Breathing

Question 9

Pneum/o
Pneumat/o

Answer 9

Air, gas, also respiration, lung

Question 10

Pneumon/o

Answer 10

Lung

Question 11

Pulm/o
Pulmon/o

Answer 11

Lung

Question 12

Pleur/o

Answer 12

Pleura

Question 13

Phrenic/o

Answer 13

Phrenic nerve

Question 14

Phren/o

Answer 14

Diaphragm

Question 15

Oxygen

Answer 15

The gas needed by cells to release energy from blood during metabolism.

Question 16

Nose

Answer 16

The organ of the face used for breathing and housing receptors for the sense of smell; includes an external potion and in internal nasal cavity

Question 17

Mediastinum

Answer 17

The space between the lungs together with the organs so contained in this space.

Question 18

Lung

Answer 18

A cone-shaped, spongy respiratory organ contained within the thorax

Question 19

Larynx

Answer 19

The enlarged, superior portion of the trachea that contains the vocal folds

Question 20

Diaphragm

Answer 20

The dome-shaped muscle under the lungs that flattens during inspiration m

Question 21

Bronchus

Answer 21

One of the larger air passageways in the lungs; the bronchi begin as two beaches of the trachea and then subdivide within the lungs.

Question 22

Bronchiole

Answer 22

One of the smaller subdivisions of the bronchial tubes

Question 23

Alveoli

Answer 23

The tiny air sacs in the lungs through which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and the blood in respiration.

Question 24

Pharynx

Answer 24

The throat

Question 25

Pleura

Answer 25

A double-layered membrane that lines the thoracic cavity and covers the lungs

Question 26

Sputum

Answer 26

The substance released by coughing or clearing the throat

Question 27

Trachea

Answer 27

The air passageway that extends from the larynx to the bronchi

Question 28

Vocal folds

Answer 28

Membranous folds on either side of the larynx that are important in speech production, also called vocal cords