Inflammation or infection of the lungs usually due to a bacteria but could be viral. Mimics the flu but is typically more serious. Vaccine is available for older and at risk persons.
What is pneumonia?
100
The cessation of breathing.
What is apnea?
100
Hollow cavities in the skull that surround the nasal area. Help to give our voice resonance.
What are sinuses?
100
Medical term for fast respirations.
What is tachypnea?
200
The number of lobes in the right lung.
What is three?
200
Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the lungs. Usually causes a sharp, stabbing pain during respirations.
What is pleurisy?
200
The normal range for respirations in an adult.
What is 12-20 breaths per minute?
200
The last section of the pharynx.
What is the laryngopharyx (or hypopharynx)?
200
The medical term for nostril.
What is nare?
300
Surrounded by capillaries, where gas exchange occurs in the lungs.
What are the alveoli?
300
A respiratory condition in which the walls of the alveoli lose their elasticity.
What is emphysema?
300
Two words that can be used to describe the character or volume of respirations.
What is deep, shallow, easy, labored, difficult, etc.
300
The first section of the pharynx.
What is the nasopharynx?
300
Cyclic breathing in which the breathing varies from slow and shallow to fast and deep.
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
400
Dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity. Contracts during inspiration, causing air to fill the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
400
A condition usually caused by an allergen in which the airways spasm causing the airways to narrow.
What is asthma?
400
Two signs that your patient is not getting enough oxygen.
What is cyanosis, confusion, diaphoresis, irritability, decreased level of consciousness, etc.
400
Flap of tissue that closes during swallowing to prevent food and liquids from entering the respiratory tract.
What is the epiglottis?
400
The medical term for nosebleed.
What is epistaxis?
500
Three things that happens when air passes through the nasal passages.
What is warmed, filtered, and moistened?
500
A bacterial infection of the lung in which WBC's surround the organism and create nodules.
What is tuberculosis?
500
Two things that can cause an increase in respirations.
What is fever, exercise, stress, excitement, medications, etc.
500
The respiratory center of the brain.
What is the medulla oblongata?
500
Bubbling or crackling noises caused by fluid in the air passages.