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Chapter 7: Respiratory System Flashcards

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Inhaler

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Administers specific amount of a medication such as a brochodilator in aerosol form

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Hypoxia

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Condition of having deficient oxygen levels in the body’s tissues and organs

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Asphyxia

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Loss of consciousness that occurs when the body does not fit enough oxygen to function

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Hyperpnea

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Deep and rapid breathing, often associated with exertion

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-pnea

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Breathing

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Spirometer

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Recording device that measures the amount if air inhaled or exhaled and length of time required for each breath

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Spir/o

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To breathe

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-meter

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To measure

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Croup

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Acute respiratory infection in children and infants, usually obstruction of larynx, hoarseness, swelling in vocal cords resulting in barking cough

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Tracheotomy

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Surgical incision is made into trachea to gain access to the air way below a blockage

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Trache

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Trachea

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Phon/o

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Sound or voice

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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14
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Brady-

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Slow

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Hemoptysis

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Bloody saliva and mucus from the lungs or bronchioles

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Hem/o

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Blood

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-Ptysis

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Spitting

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Pertussis

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Whooping cough

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Pneumothorax

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Accumulation of air in the pleural space resulting in pressure imbalance that could cause the lung to partially or fully collapse

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Pneum/o

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Lung or air

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-thorex

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Chest

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Nebulizer

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Electronic inhaler

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Bronchspasm

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Contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi, tightening and squeezing airway

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Bronch/o

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Bronchi

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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Nebulizer

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Electronic device that pumps air through a liquid medicine to turn it into a mist which is then inhaled

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Mediastinum

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Middle section of chest cavity, in between the lungs

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Pulse oximeter

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External monitor placed on fingertip to measure oxygen saturation level in the blood

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Ox/i

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Oxygen

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Dyspnea

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Shortness of breath

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Dys-

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Painful or difficult

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Laryngitis

A

Inflammation of the larynx

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Laryng

A

Larynx

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Dysphonia

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Difficulty speaking, impairment of vocal quality, hoarseness, weakness

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Phon

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Sound or voice

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Spir/o

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To breathe

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-ptysis

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Spitting

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Empyema

A

Collection of pus in a body cavity

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Hypoxemia

A

Low oxygen levels of the blood

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Bronchodilator

A

Inhaled medication that relates and expands the brochial passages

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Pneumonia

A

Serious inflammation in the lungs in which alveoli and passageways fill with pus and other fluids

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Tachypnea

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Abnormally rapid rate of respiration

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Cystic fibrosis

A

Life threatening genetic disorder in which lungs and pancreas are clogged with large quantities of thick mucus

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Pneumoconiosis

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Fibrosis of the lung tissues cause by dust in the lungs after prolonged environmental or occupational contact

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Emphysema

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Progressive, long term loss of lung function, usually due to smoking

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Pleurisy or pleuritis

A

Inflammation of the pleura

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Thoracotomy

A

Surgical incision into chest walls to open pleural cavity for biopsy or treatment

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Hypopnea

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Shallow or slow respiration

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Bronchorrhea

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Excessive discharge of mucus from the brochi

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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Tuss

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Cough

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Pulm/o or pulmon/o

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Lung

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Anoxia

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Absence of oxygen from the body’s tissues and organs even though there is adequate flow of blood

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Otolaryngologist

A

ENT

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Eupnea

A

Easy or normal breathing

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Pulmonologist

A

Lung specialist

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Asthma

A

Chronic inflammatory disease often triggered by an allergic reaction. Characterized by episodes of severe breathing, difficulty, coughing and wheeezing

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Diphtheria

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Acute bacterial infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract

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Atelectasis or collapsed lung

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Incomplete expansion of part or all of the lung due to a blockage of the air passages or pneumothorax

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Cheyne-Stokes respiration

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Irregular breathing patterns, alternating rapid or shallow respiration followed by slower respiration or apnea

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Thorac/o or thorax

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Chest, pleural cavity

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Pharyng/o

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Throat or pharynx

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Trache/o or trachea

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Windpipe, trachea

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Aphonia

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Loss of the ability of the larynx to produce normal speech sounds

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Epistaxis

A

Nose bleed

67
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Thoracentesis

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Surgical puncture of the chest wall to obtain fluid from the pleural cavity

68
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Hypercapnia

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Buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood

69
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Diphtheria

A

Acute bacterial infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract

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