Chapter 12 Terms

Question 1

Whenever a movie or a tv show has a patient in respiratory distress, they show someone performing a __________ using a pen and opening a hole in the trachea

Answer 1

Traceotomy

Question 2

To surgically repair the nose

Answer 2

Rhinoplasty

Question 3

This may cause breathing difficulties in newborns

Answer 3

RDS

Question 4

Pertaining to the lungs

Answer 4

Pulmonary

Question 5

LLL

Answer 5

Left Lower Lobe

Question 6

Bluish

Answer 6

Cyan/o

Question 7

URI

Answer 7

Upper Respiratory Infection

Question 8

Many asthmatics and people suffering from URI’s may complain of ________

Answer 8

SOB

Question 9

To cough up mucus or sputum

Answer 9

Expectoration

Question 10

This abbreviation refers to the lowest portion of the right lung

Answer 10

RLL

Question 11

PFT

Answer 11

Pulmonary Function Test

Question 12

When air is in the pleural cavity and causes the lung to collapse

Answer 12

Pneumothorax

Question 13

The patient needs to be in an upright position to have comfortable breathing.

Answer 13

Orthopnea

Question 14

Expansion, widening, stretching

Answer 14

ectasis

Question 15

Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses

Answer 15

Sinusitis

Question 16

To remove a lobe of an organ

Answer 16

Lobectomy

Question 17

Pertaining to the larynx

Answer 17

Laryngeal

Question 18

Inflammation of the bronchiole

Answer 18

Bronchiolitis

Question 19

Involuntary muscular contraction

Answer 19

spasm