Week 4

Question 1

Organs that assist other organs in a system

Answer 1

Accessory organs

Question 2

a type of breathing sound that includes crackles, wheezing, and rhonchi

Answer 2

Adventitious breathing

Question 3

a medical term that describes the distance or size from the front to the back of a body part, like the chest or pelvis. It’s used to measure how deep something is from front to back

Answer 3

anterior-posterior diameter

Question 4

Asthma is a hyperreactive airway disease characterized by bronchoconstriction, airway obstruction, and inflammation

Answer 4

asthma

Question 5

examine a patient by listening to sounds

Answer 5

auscultate

Question 6

lack or absence of symmetry

Answer 6

asymmetry

Question 7

the enlarged chest with a rounded cross section and fixed horizontal position of the ribs that occurs in chronic pulmonary emphysema

Answer 7

barrel chest

Question 8

a breathing patter that is slower than 12 breaths per minute

Answer 8

bradypnea

Question 9

the effort the patient is making to breathe

Answer 9

breathing effort

Question 10

A characteristic of a breath sound that is high in pitch and loud in intensity

Answer 10

bronchial

Question 11

a lung condition that causes inflammation of the bronchial tubes, or airways in the lungs

Answer 11

bronchitis

Question 12

A characteristic of a breath sound that is moderate in pitch and medium in intensity

Answer 12

bronchovesicular

Question 13

A measure of how mobile the chest wall is

Answer 13

chest expansion

Question 14

a reflex action that clears your airways of irritants and phlegm

Answer 14

cough

Question 15

a type of adventitious sound that is a popping noise and can be heard in pneumonia and heart failure

Answer 15

crackles

Question 16

Cracking or popping sounds in the joints

Answer 16

crepitus

Question 17

a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of skin) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood

Answer 17

cyanosis

Question 18

a breathing pattern that is rapid, deep, and labored

Answer 18

kussmauls

Question 19

an injury or ailment resulting from the work one does or from the environment in which one works

Answer 19

occupational hazards

Question 20

difficulty breathing when the individual is lying down

Answer 20

orthopnea

Question 21

a chest wall deformity that causes the sternum and rib cage to protrude, resulting in an outward forming shape of the chest

Answer 21

pectus carinatum

Question 22

a chest wall deformity that causes the sternum and rib cage to develop inward, resulting in a sunken or caved-in appearance of the chest

Answer 22

pectus excavatum

Question 23

High, moderate, or low

Answer 23

pitch

Question 24

A type of adventitious sound that is similar to a rubbing sound heard throughout inspiration and expiration normally heard with those who have pericarditis

Answer 24

pleural friction rub

Question 25

a condition in which air or other gas is present in the pleural cavity and which occurs spontaneously as a result of disease or injury of lung tissue, rupture of air-filled pulmonary cysts, or puncture of the chest wall or is induced as a therapeutic measure to collapse the lung

Answer 25

pneumothorax

Question 26

exhalation through the mouth with the lips pursed together to slow exhalation seen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma

Answer 26

pursed lip breathing

Question 27

The movement of air in and out of the lungs

Answer 27

respiratory/ventilation cycle

Question 28

Chest retraction appears when intercostal muscles are drawn inward between the ribs and indicates airway obstruction that may occur during asthma attack or pneumonia

Answer 28

retraction

Question 29

A type of adventitious sound that is similar to a low snoring or moaning tone during expiration commonly heard with those who have COPD

Answer 29

rhonchi

Question 30

A breathing pattern that is faster than 20 breaths per minute

Answer 30

tachypnea

Question 31

girl sits on a chair leaning a bit forward, with her palms on knees forming a tripod

Answer 31

tripod position

Question 32

A characteristic of a breath sound that is low in pitch and soft in intensity

Answer 32

vesicular

Question 33

A type of adventitious sound that is similar to a squeak heard during expiration commonly, normally with asthma

Answer 33

wheezes

Question 34

Loud, medium, or soft

Answer 34

intensity