Assessment - Lower Respiratory Pathology

Question 1

asthma

Answer 1

a disease causing episodic narrowing and inflammation of the airway

Question 2

bronchiolitis

Answer 2

inflammation of a bronchiole

Question 3

bronchitis

Answer 3

inflammation of the bronchi

Question 4

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Answer 4

a group of lung diseases characterized by the continual blockage of lung passages

Question 5

cystic fibrosis

Answer 5

a disease causing thick mucous buidup in the lungs and pancreas, named after the changes it causes to the lungs

Question 6

diaphragmatocele

Answer 6

hernia of the diaphragm

Question 7

emphysema

Answer 7

a disease that causes the alveoli to lose elasticity, emphysema patients can inhale but have difficulty exhaling

Question 8

obstructive lung disorder

Answer 8

a lung disorder caused by a blockage

Question 9

pleuritis

Answer 9

inflammation of the pleura

Question 10

pleurisy

Answer 10

another word for pleuritis or inflammation of the pleura

Question 11

pneumatocele

Answer 11

hernia of the lung

Question 12

pneumoconiosis

Answer 12

a lung condition caused by dust

Question 13

pneumonia

Answer 13

a lung condition

Question 14

pneumonitis

Answer 14

inflammation of the lung

Question 15

pulmonary embolism

Answer 15

blockage of the pumonary blood supply

Question 16

pulmonary neoplasm

Answer 16

new growth (tumor) in the lung

Question 17

restrictive lung disorder

Answer 17

a lung disorder caused by the limiting of air into the lungs