Assessment Terms of the Respiratory System
This term is the supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries.
What is perfusion?
The process of obtaining oxygen from the environment and releasing carbon dioxide,
What is gas exchange?
This terms means difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
This term refers to the passages that direct air into the lungs.
What is bronchi?
This term refers to fine, crackling sounds made as air moves through wet secretions in the lungs.
What are crackles?
This term refers to coughing up blood.
What is hemoptysis?
This disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
What is Pandemic?
These act fast, quickly making it easier to breathe again.
What is Reliever/Rescue Medications?
This term is the smallest branches of the bronchi.
What is bronchioles?
This term is the widening of the nostrils, indicating that there is an airway obstruction.
What is nasal flaring?
This term means low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood.
What is hypoxia?
This term means occurring at or dependent on a particular season.
What is seasonal?
This term is a severe, life-threatening asthma attack that is refractory to usual treatment and places the patient at risk for developing respiratory failure.
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What is status asthmaticus?
These are tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between air and blood.
What are alveoli?
This term is the mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth.
What is sputum?
This term refers to deficient amount of oxygen in the blood.
What is hypoxemia?
This is a disorder in which a person, while asleep, stops breathing because his or her throat closes; the condition results in frequent awakenings during the night.
What is obstructive sleep apnea?
This term refers to an respiratory failure as a result of disease or injury.
What is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
This term refers to the opening between vocal cords.
What is glottis?
This term refers to the visible sinking of the area between the ribs and in the neck during inhalation (respiratory distress).
What is retractions?
This term is a clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen in the blood.
What is oxygen saturation?
This term is the pus in the pleural cavity.
What is empyema?
This term is an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space which can cause all or part of the lung to collapse.
What is Pneumothorax (PTX)?
This term is the flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe and prevents food from entering.
What is the epiglottis?
This term refers to a condition characterized by increased anterior-posterior chest diameter caused by increased functional residual capacity due to air trapping from small airway collapse. A barrel chest is frequently seen in patients with chronic obstructive diseases, such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
What is barrel chest?