Upper Respiratory Tract
I am the organ of smell, with receptors from Cranial nerve 1
What is the nose
I lie in front of the esophagus. I have left and right main-stem bronchi.
What is the trachea?
I am the first sign of lung disease.
What is a cough?
I have difficulty in breathing or am breathless at times.
What is dyspnea?
I provide data about oxygen transport and a deficit of me can lead to hypoxemia
What is the hemoglobin in the CBC?
I'm located above the trachea, just below the throat at the base of the tongue.
What is the tongue?
I am a fatty protein that reduces surface tension, in the alveoli.
What is surfactant?
I'm an additional symptom that tags along with a cough in respiratory problems
What is sputum production?
I have shortness of breath when lying down.
What is orthopnea?
I assess gas exchange and perfusion.
What are ABGs?
I connect the the nasopharynx with the middle ears and I open during swallowing to equalize pressure within the middle ear.
What is the Eustachian tube?
I am elastic , cone-shaped organs located in the pleural cavity in the chest.
What are the lungs?
I am trapped air in and under the skin, also known as subcutaneous emphysema.
What is crepitus?
I can identify organisms o r abnormal cells.
What is a sputum specimen?
What does the mouth and nose do for the Respiratory System?
What is allows oxygen to enter body and carbon dioxide to leave?
What does the trachea serve as?
What is the wind pipe or air way
I am a smoker with chronic bronchitis with muscoid sputum . My sputum is pink and excessive,and frothy
What is pulmonary edema?
We are the 3 normal breath sounds.
What is bronchial, bronchiovesicular, and vesicular?
I identify hemoglobin saturation
What is a pulse oximetry?
What is each lung enclosed in?
What is the Pleura/
I branch from the the bronchioles and resemble a bunch of grapes.
What are alveolar ducts?
I take place in the alveoli.
What is gas exchange?
I am squeaky, musical, continuous breath sounds associated with air rushing through narrow spaces.
What is a wheeze?
I am a needle aspiration of pleural fluid and a consent is required before the procedure.
What is a thoracentesis?