Chapter 7 - Pulmonary

Question 1

a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by airflow limitation that is often reversible and usually associated with airway hyperresponsiveness

Answer 1

asthma

Question 2

a pulmonary disease characterized by irreversible dilation of the distal bronchi, usually arising from acute or chronic bronchial infection

Answer 2

bronchiectasis

Question 3

a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that primarily affects the conducting airways

Answer 3

chronic bronchitis

Question 4

a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that primarily involves enlargement of the airspaces

Answer 4

emphysema

Question 5

a group of restrictive pulmonary diseases involving pathology primarily confined to the lung parenchyma

Answer 5

interstitial lung disease (ILD)

Question 6

a category of diseases of the pulmonary system characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible; also termed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Answer 6

obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 7

a category of pulmonary diseases characterized by an elevation of arterial pressure and vascular resistance in the pulmonary circulation

Answer 7

pulmonary hypertension

Question 8

a category of pulmonary diseases in which the underlying pathologic process involved with each disease interferes with normal lung expansion

Answer 8

restrictive pulmonary disease