The main "tube" guiding air from the mouth and nose to the lungs
What is the Trachea?
100
This sheet like muscle contracts drawing air into the lungs
What is the diaphragm?
100
A specialist in the study of the lungs and respiratory diseases
What is a pulmonologist?
100
A surgical procedure in which an opening is made in the neck into the trachea to insert a breathing tube
What is a tracheostomy?
100
Inflammation of one or both of the lungs usually caused by an infectious organism such as a virus or bacteria
What is pneumonia?
200
The smallest structure in the system, is wrapped with capillaries to allow gas exchange
What are the Alveoli?
200
This term describes the transfer of Oxygen into the blood and Carbon Dioxide into the lung
What is gas exchange?
200
inflammation of the epiglottis
What is epiglottitis?
200
A surgical puncture and drainage of the pleural cavity
What is thoracentesis?
200
Also known as rale, is a sound heard upon auscultation caused by spasms, hyperplasia, or when air enters moisture-filled alveoli
What is a crackle?
300
This flap-like structure closes when swallowing to prevent food and liquid entering the lungs
What is the Epiglottis?
300
This cavity is designed to filter, warm and moisten air before it enters the lung
What is the nasal cavity?
300
An instrument used for evaluating sounds of the chest and abdomen
What is a stethoscope?
300
Excision of a lung or portion of a lung, commonly for treatment of cancer.
What is pneumectomy?
300
Accumulation of extravascular fluid in the lung tissues and alveoli, most commonly caused by heart failure
What is pulmonary edema?
400
This lung has one less lobe than the other to leave room for the heart
What is the left lung?
400
An essential gas to the body tissues, without a constant supply cells in the body would quickly deteriorate and die
What is Oxygen?
400
An involuntary contractions od the diaphragm
What is a phrenospasm?
400
Lung treatment using various techniques to deliver medication in mist form directly to the lungs or air passageways
What is aerosol therapy?
400
A group of respiratory disorders that produce chronic blockages of the lung tissue leaving the patient short of breath. 3 major disorders include asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
500
This pleura wraps tightly to the outside of the lung to prevent friction during breathing
What is the visceral pleura?
500
The cilia sweep unwanted material upwards in the system to be expelled by any of these 3 defense mechanisms
What is coughing, sneezing or swallowing?
500
Excessive levels of Carbon Dioxide
What is hypercapnia?
500
A microbial test used to identify disease-causing organisms of the lower respiratory tract, especially those that cause pneumonias
What is a sputum culture?
500
A repeated breathing pattern characterized by fluctuation in depth of respirations: first deeply, then shallow, then not at all