General Facts
What is another word for Respiratory Medicine?
Pulmonology
What is the name for the bones that surround and protect your lungs?
Ribs
What is the name of the respiratory condition involving inflammation of the airways caused by particles/proteins like dust, mold, and pollen?
Allergies
What respiratory test requires patients to breathe into a machine to measure how well their lungs work?
Spirometry
What do you call someone who practices respiratory medicine?
Pulmonologist
What is the name for the muscle below the lungs that allows them to pull in and push out air?
Diaphragm
What is the name of the respiratory condition involving chronic (long-term) inflammation of the airways?
Asthma
What test(s) involves taking a sample of a red bodily fluid to see how much oxygen (and other things) are circulating around the body?
Bloodwork
Respiratory medicine has to do with diagnosing and treating diseases of what part(s) of the body?
Airways, lungs, linings/vessels, muscles/nerves required for breathing, etc.
What is the name of the tube that connects the throat and lungs?
Trachea (Windpipe)
What is the name of the condition in which the lungs fill with fluid and become inflamed/irritated as a result of being infected?
Pneumonia
What test(s) involves creating an image of a patient's lungs to look for any problems?
X-ray or CT scan
What does pulmo- in pulmonology mean?
(In other words, what does the Latin root pulmo mean?)
"Lung"
What is the name of the tiny air sacs in the lungs that bring air to the capillaries?
Alveoli
What is the name of the condition in which an infection enters the bloodstream, circulates around the body, and damages multiple organ systems?
Sepsis
What test is used to see inside of a patient's lungs using a camera attached to a long, flexible tube?
Bronchoscopy
What does -ology in pulmonology mean?
(In other words, what does the Greek word logos mean?)
"The study of"
What is the name of the tiny blood vessels surrounding the alveoli that allow oxygen to get into the blood and carbon dioxide to leave the blood?
Capillaries
What is the name of the condition in which patients become unable to breathe and require assistance from a ventilator?
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
What is it called when a spirometer makes an adjustment to the "normal" range of lung capacity based on whether the patient is white or non-white?
"Race Correction" or "Ethnic Adjustment"