Anatomy
Air goes first into this structure
What is the nose?
The combining form for lung
What is pneum/o?
Highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract transmitted by airborne droplet infection
What is influenza?
CXR stands for
What is Chest Xray?
High-energy electromagnetic waves passing through the body onto a photographic film by using radiation
What is an Xray?
This structure is anterior to the esophagus
What is the trachea?
This term describes abnormal rapidity of breathing
What is tachypnea?
Inflammation of the tonsils is known as
What is tonsillitis?
This test is used to check to see if a patient has been exposed to tuberculosis.
What is a PPD test?
This test requires the swabbing of a patient's tonsils to determine a type of bacterial infection
What is a strep culture test?
This type of respiration is between blood and cell
What is internal?
Hemorrhage from the nose; nosebleed
What is epistaxis?
Inflammation of the lungs caused primarily by bacteria, viruses, and chemical irritants
What is pneumonia?
This instrument would be used to listen to lung sounds
What is a stethoscope?
PFT stands for
What is a Pulmonary Functions Test?
This structure is also known as the "voice box"
What is the larynx?
Yelling too much at a ball game can cause this condition.
What is laryngitis?
This disease is also known as “whooping cough”
What is pertussis?
A patient would use this if they were having an asthma attack
What is an inhaler?
This procedure involves the use of a needle to collect pleural fluid for laboratory analysis, or to remove excess pleural fluid or air from the pleural space
What is a thoracentesis?
This type of gas passes from tissue cells into capillaries and travels through bloodstream for removal from body via lungs
What is carbon dioxide?
Paroxysmal dyspnea accompanied by wheezing; caused by a spasm of the bronchial tubes or by swelling of their mucous membrane
Occurs most frequently in childhood or early adulthood
What is asthma?
A collapsed lung
What is a pneumothorax?
This instrument would be used when performing a laryngoscopy
What is a laryngoscope?
This life saving emergency procedure is an incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.
What is a cricothyrotomy?