Definitions H - Respiratory System

Question 1

Asthma

Answer 1

Disease characterized by difficulty breathing, wheezing, and sense of tightness or construction in the chest due to spasm of muscles

Question 2

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Answer 2

Emphysema, asthma, and chronic bronchitis, and problems related to these diseases

Question 3

Cyanosis

Answer 3

Changes in skin color, pale or bluish lips and extremities

Question 4

Dyspnea

Answer 4

Difficulty breathing

Question 5

Emphysema

Answer 5

Irreversible damage to lungs causing permanent holes in lung tissue

Question 6

Epiglottis

Answer 6

Covers larynx when swallowing. Prevents food from entering airway

Question 7

Exhale

Answer 7

When carbon dioxide is expelled out of lungs through nose and mouth

Question 8

Expiration

Answer 8

Involves the breathing out of carbon dioxide

Question 9

Influenza

Answer 9

Contagious viral respiratory infection

Question 10

Inhale

Answer 10

Invokes breathing in of oxygen

Question 11

Lobes

Answer 11

Segments or area of lungs

Question 12

Lower respiratory tract

Answer 12

Consists of lower trachea, bronchi, and lungs

Question 13

Lungs

Answer 13

Elastic, spongy, conical, air-filled structures involved in respiration

Question 14

Pneumonia

Answer 14

Acute inflammation of the lungs

Question 15

Respiratory system

Answer 15

Involves breathing in oxygen (inspiration), and breathing out of carbon dioxide (expiration)

Question 16

Thorax

Answer 16

Closed cavity of body containing structures needed for respiration. Extends from base of neck to the diaphragm

Question 17

Upper respiratory tract

Answer 17

Consists of nose, mouth, sinuses, pharynx, larynx, and top of trachea