Respiratory System
What are the smallest of bronchial tubes called?
What is Bronchioles
This is the opening to the trachea
What is the Larynx
What normal breath sound is heard over the sternal notch?
Bronchial (Tracheal)
How long to do you count respirations?
30 seconds then multiply X 2
How do you say the correct term for blood pressure cuff?
Sphygmomanometer
a large tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
What is trachea
What is the medical term for NO BREATHING
Apnea
Name the normal breath sound that is heard over the lung tissue away from the bronchii
What is Vesicular
One Inhale, One Exhale
What is the difference between Systole and Diastole
Systole is the pressure in your circulatory system when the heart contracts, and Diastole is the pressure in the system when the heart is at rest.
This type of blood carries more CO2 than O2
What is deoxygenated blood
What is filter, humidify or moisten air, and warm air
Explain the difference in structure of the Right Versus the Left Lung
Right has 3 lobes
Left has two lobes and a cardiac notch
This respiratory rhythm faster than eupnea.
What is Tachypnea
It stops.
is a large space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.
What is nasal cavity
What is the convex muscle that when contracted, increases space in your thoracic cavity so lungs can fill?
What is the diaphragm
These type of abnormal breath sounds sound like tissue paper or plastic "wrinkling"
What are "crackles" or Rales
This is the pressure in your heart and vessels when your heart is at rest.
What is Diastole
What is the proper medical term for High Blood pressure?
What is hypertension
This flap of tissue keeps food from entering your trachea when you swallow
What is the epiglottis?
What is the medical term for the area where your nose meets your throat?
What is the nasopharynx
This breath sound is made when the pleural membranes swell and rake against ribs.
What is a pleural rub
Systolic Pressure--top number
What happens in BRONCHITIS to create an expiratory Wheeze? (Rhonchi)
Mucus and swelling get in the way of the air rushing in and out of bronchi. They block the hole for air making it smaller, and the mucus causes a bit of a wheeze and rattle.