Chapter 15 Flashcards
The buildup of excess acid in the blood or body tissues that results from a primary illness
Acidosis
Abnormal breath sounds such as wheezing, strider, rhonchi, and crackles
Adventitious breath sounds
The buildup of excess base (lack of acids) in the body fluids
Alkalosis
A substance that causes an allergic reaction.
Allergen
An acute spasm of smaller air passages, called bronchioles, associated with excessive mucus production and with swelling of the mucous lining of the respiratory passages
Asthma
Collapse of the alveolar air spaces of the lungs
Atelectasis
Normal breath sounds made by air moving through the bronchi
Bronchial breath sounds
Inflammation of the bronchioles that usually occurs in children younger than 2 years and is often caused by the respiratory syncytial virus
Bronchiolitis
An acute or chronic inflammation of the lung that may damage lung tissue; usually associated with cough and production of sputum and, depending on its cause, sometimes fever.
Bronchitis
A condition characterized by a chronically high blood level of carbon dioxide in which the respiratory center no longer responds to high blood levels of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide retention
An odorless, colorless, tasteless, and highly poisonous gas that results from incomplete oxidation of carbon in combustion
Carbon monoxide
Irritation of the major lung passageways from infectious disease or irritants such as smoke
Chronic bronchitis
A slow process of dilation and disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronic bronchial obstruction
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
An inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory system that may cause a partial airway obstruction and is characterized by a barking cough; usually seen in children
Croup
An infections disease in which a membrane forms, lining the pharynx; this lining can severely obstruct the passage of air into the larynx
Diphtheria