Structure + Function
What is known as the windpipe?
What is the trachea
What is a spirometer?
What is an instrument used to measure lung function or respiratory volumes
What is a rhinoplasty?
What are decongestants?
What is helps with congestion (in the upper respiratory tract)
what is the definition for SOB?
What is Shortness of breath
What is inhalation?
What is inhaling or breathing in
What is a bronchography?
What is a radiological picture of the trachea and bronchi
What is laryngoplasty
What is a ventilator?
What is a mechanical breathing device
What is the abbreviation for tuberculosis?
What is TB
What are the air sacs at the end of bronchioles?
What is alveoli
What type of test is used to diagnose streptococcal infections?
What is a throat culture
What is a thoracotomy?
What is a incision into the chest
What is a nebulizer?
What is a mechanical device used to deliver medication through the nose or mouth (to ease breathing problems)
What is the definition for URT?
What is upper respiratory tract
What is the inner layer of the pleura?
What is visceral pleura
What is the process of listening to the lungs via a stethoscope called?
What is auscultation
What is the inspection on the trachea?
What is tracheoscopy
When a patient has a cough, they may be given what type of drug?
What is antitussives
What is the definition for COPD?
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
What is the mediastinum?
What are ABG's? (arterial blood gases)
What is testing blood from artery to see how well lungs are exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide
What is used to listen to the hollow or dull tapping over the lungs?
What is a percussion assessment
What are expectorants?
What is agents that promote the coughing and expelling of mucus
What is the definition for PFT?
What is pulmonary function test