CH 21

Question 1

CLOSED CHEST INJURY

Answer 1

CHEST INJURY THAT IS NOT AN OPEN WOUND

Question 2

CREPITUS

Answer 2

GRATING NOISE OR THE SENSATION FELT WHEN BROKEN BONE ENDS RUB TOGETHER

Question 3

DIAPHRAGM

Answer 3

PRIMARY MUSCLE OF RESPIRATION, DIVIDES CHEST AND AB CAVITY

Question 4

DISTENTION

Answer 4

SWELLING OF ABDOMEN

Question 5

EVISCERATION

Answer 5

OPEN WOUND OF THE AB CHARACTERIZED BY PROTRUSION OF THE INTESTINES THRU AB WALL

Question 6

FLAIL CHEST

Answer 6

TWO RO MORE RIBS THAT ARE BROKEN IN TWO OR MORE PLACES

Question 7

GUARDING

Answer 7

PROTECTION OF AN AREA OR PAIN, SPASM OF MUSCLE TO MINIMIZE MOVEMENT THAT MIGHT CAUSE PAIN

Question 8

HEMOTHORAX

Answer 8

BLOOD IN CHEST CAVITY

Question 9

MEDIASTINUM

Answer 9

STRUCTURE THAT DIVIDES THE TWO HALFS OF THE CHEST CAVITY

Question 10

OCCLUSIVE DRESSING

Answer 10

NONPERMEABLE AND WILL NOT ALLOW AIR TO PASS THRU.

Question 11

PLEURA

Answer 11

THIN, SACLIKE STRUCTURE SURROUNDING EACH LUNG

Question 12

PLEURAL SPACE

Answer 12

POTENTIAL SPACE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE VISCERAL AND PARIETAL PLEURA IN THE CHEST

Question 13

PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 13

AIR IN CHEST CAVITY

Question 14

RETROPERITONEAL CAVITY

Answer 14

THE AREA BEHIND THE AB CAVITY THAT CONTAINS THE KIDNEYS AND URETERS

Question 15

SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 15

SUDDEN COLLAPSE OF ONE OR MORE LOBES OF A LUNG; NOT TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH TRAUMA

Question 16

TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 16

ABNORMAL BUILDUP OF PRESSURE IN THE CHEST CAVITY.