Parts of Respiratory System
Grape-like clusters in the lungs responsible for rapid gaseous exchange
What is alveoli?
A condition in which a person's airways become inflamed, narrow and swell, and produce extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe. Often caused by viral respiratory infection.
What is bronchitis?
What is pleural effusion also known as?
Water on the lungs
What is Lung Cancer?
A cancer that begins in the lungs.
what is pneumonia?
Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid.
Passage connecting your throat and lungs
What is the trachea?
A condition in which a person's airways become inflamed, narrow and swell, and produce extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe.
What is asthma?
What is the most important thing for the PCT to check?
Vital signs and breathing
What causes Cystic Fibrosis?
caused by a mutation in the C.F transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.
how many stages of pneumonia is there?
4
Any of the major air passages of the lungs which diverge from the windpipe.
What are bronchi?
What are the PCT Intervention for Bronchitis?
Help the patient do some breathing exercises, monitor the patients respiratory, and report any changes of the patients condition.
True or false: Pleural effusion caused by effusion of gas in between pleura
False; it's liquid
Why is it hard to say if you have lung cancer or not?
Symptoms don't show until cancer is more advanced.
what are some symptoms of pneumonia?
wet cough, chills, fever, difficulty breathing
Muscle that helps your lungs pull in air and push it out
What is the diaphragm?
What causes Bronchitis?
When the lining of the bronchial tubes is repeatedly irritated and inflamed.
What does serous mean?
It produces serum
What is cystic fibrosis?
disease that targets the cells that produce mucus and sweat. It causes those fluids to become thick and sticky. Afterwards it can block passages, tubes, and ducts.
What is stage 2 of pneumonia?
Thin sacs that surround each lung lobe and separate your lungs from the chest wall.
What is pleura?
Calm the patient down, ask them to sit up straight, give them a hot caffeinated beverage, and seek emergency help right away.
What can a PCT do to intervene during an asthma attack?
Which part of the brain triggers us to inhale?
Medulla oblongata
What popular movie based on a YA book features two teenagers with cystic fibrosis?
Five Feet Apart
Which country in Africa had a "lung attached to the windpipes" symbol that signified unity?
Egypt(Unity between upper and lower Egypt)