Structures
Windpipe is another name for
trachea
What is a noninvasive method of monitoring blood oxygen saturation?
Pulse oximetry
Dyspnea is
labored or difficulty breathing
A/an ___________ is a blood clot and a/an _____is traveling.
thrombus, embolus
What is Pleuritis?
inflammation of the pleura
Where is the pleura
What separates the abdomen from thoracic cavity?
diaphragm
Speech impairment from brain lesion
dysphasia
Apnea
What is the presence of air and blood in the pleural cavity?
pneumohemothorax; fatal
Which disease has small round nodules from a bacteria in the lungs?
tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Which lung has 3 lobes? How many does the other have?
Right - 2
What is used to measure amount of air taken into and expelled?
spirometry
Orthopnea is
comfortable only bx sitting up/stand/erect
What is insertion of an airway thru mouth or nose to trachea?
endotracheal intubation
What does COPD stand for? What is it?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
chronic bronch, asth,emphy, with poor airflow
The trachea divides
into two bronchi
What is air or gas in the chest cavity?
pneumothorax
What are two terms meaning deficiency of oxygen?
hypoxia, anoxia
What can cause hoarseness?
What is chronic pulmonary disease that increase size of alveoli and changing in the walls?
Emphysema
Lidlike structure cover of larynx
paroxysmal dyspnea caused by spasm/swell bronchial tubes.
asthma
What is increased aeration of the lungs?
hyperventilation
What is poor lung expansion, airlessness or collapse of the lung?
atelectasis
What is the medical term for suffocation?
Asphyxiation