Chapter 36

Question 0

Apnea

Answer 0

The lack or absence of breathing

Question 1

Allergy

Answer 1

A sensitivity to a substance that causes the body to react with signs and symptoms

Question 2

Atelectasis

Answer 2

The collapse of a portion of the lung

Question 3

Biot’s respirations

Answer 3

Rapid in deep respirations followed by 10 to 30 seconds of apnea

Question 4

Bradypnea

Answer 4

Slow breathing respirations and fewer than 12 minutes

Question 5

Cheyne- Stokes respirations

Answer 5

Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow; breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds

Question 6

Cyanosis

Answer 6

Bluish color to the skin, lips, mucous membranes, and nailbeds

Question 7

Dyspnea

Answer 7

If a cold, labored, or painful breathing

Question 8

Hemopytsis

Answer 8

Bloody (hemo$ sputum (ptysis means to spit)

Question 9

Hyperventilation

Answer 9

Breathing is rapid in deeper than normal

Question 10

Hypoventilation

Answer 10

Breathing is slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular

Question 11

Hypoxemia

Answer 11

A reduced amount of oxygen in the blood

Question 12

Hypoxia

Answer 12

Cells do not have enough oxygen

Question 13

Kussmaul respirations

Answer 13

Very deep and rapid respirations

Question 14

Orthopnea

Answer 14

Breathing deeply and comfortably only one sitting

Question 15

Orthopneic position

Answer 15

Sitting up and leaning over a table to breathe

Question 16

Oxygen concentration

Answer 16

The amount of hemoglobin containing oxygen

Question 17

Pollutant

Answer 17

Hey harmful chemical or substance in the air or water

Question 18

Respiratory arrest

Answer 18

When breathing stops

Question 19

Respiratory depression

Answer 19

Slow, week respirations at a rate of fewer than 12 per minute

Question 20

Sputum

Answer 20

Mucus from the respiratory system that is expectorated through the mouth

Question 21

Tachypnea

Answer 21

Rapid breathing respirations are more than 20 per minute