Chapter 7: The Respiratory System

Question 0

Absence of spontaneous respiration

Answer 0

Apnea

Question 1

Aka air sacs, are the very small grape like clusters found at the end of each bronchioles

Answer 1

Alveoli

Question 2

Often caused by streptococcus pneumonia, only form of pneumonia that can be prevented through vaccination

Answer 2

Bacterial pneumonia

Question 3

An abnormally slow rate of respiration usually of less than 10 breaths per minute

Answer 3

Bradypnea

Question 4

Medication that expands the opening of the passages into the lungs

Answer 4

Bronchodilator

Question 5

Acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by obstruction of the larynx, hoarseness and a baking cough

Answer 5

Croup

Question 6

Bluish discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen

Answer 6

Cyanosis

Question 7

Aka shortness of breath, difficult or labored breathing

Answer 7

Dyspnea

Question 8

Swelling

Answer 8

Edema

Question 9

Lid like structure located at base of tongue

Answer 9

Epiglottis

Question 10

Also known as a nose bleed, bleeding from the nose that is usually caused by injury

Answer 10

Epistaxis

Question 11

The collection of blood in the plural cavity

Answer 11

Hemothorax

Question 12

Shallow or slow respsoration

Answer 12

Hypopnea

Question 13

Inflammation of the larynx

Answer 13

Laryngitis

Question 14

Nerve endings that act as the receptors for sense of smell

Answer 14

Olfactory

Question 15

Also known as whooping cough, contagious bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract

Answer 15

Pertussis

Question 16

Thin, moist, slippery membrane that covers the outer surface of the lungs and lines the surface of rib cage

Answer 16

Pleura

Question 17

Breathing

Answer 17

Pnea

Question 18

Physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of lungs and associated tissues

Answer 18

Pulmonologist

Question 19

Accumulation of air in the pleural space causing a pressure imbalance that prevents the lung from fully expanding or can cause it to collapse

Answer 19

Pneumothorax

Question 20

Also known as runny nose

Answer 20

Rhinorrhea

Question 21

Mechanical device for artificial ventilation of the lungs

Answer 21

Ventilator

Question 22

Sudden infant death syndrome

Answer 22

SIDS

Question 23

Abnormally rapid rate of respiration usually of more than 20 breaths per minute

Answer 23

Tachypnea

Question 24

Surgical treatment of lung cancer by removing all or part of a lung

Answer 24

Thoracotomy

Question 25

Measure of breathing

Answer 25

Spirometry