Definitions: MeaganNicole Quizlet

Question 1

Muscles involved in labored or forceful
breathing; including
sternocleidomastoid, scalene, trapezius,
rhomboid, and abdominal muscles

Answer 1

Accessory
Muscles of
Respiration

Question 2

abnormal breath sounds

Answer 2

Adventitious

sounds

Question 3

Continuous with second rib and also site

of tracheal bifurcation

Answer 3

Angle of Louis

Question 4

temporary cessation of breathing

Answer 4

apena

Question 5

Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an

object into the lungs

Answer 5

aspiration

Question 6

An inflammatory condition in which the
trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles
become narrowed, causing difficulty in
breathing.

Answer 6

asthma

Question 7

Incomplete expansion of the lungs,
usually caused by pressure from exudate,
fluid, tumor, or an abstracted airway;
may involve part or all of one lung

Answer 7

Atelectasis

Question 8

listening to body sounds

Answer 8

Auscultation

Question 9

Abnormal respiratory pattern
characterized by irregular periods of
apnea alternating with short periods of
respiration of equal depth; most
commonly seen with increased
intracranial pressure

Answer 9

Biot’s

Respiration

Question 10

Abnormally slow breathing

Answer 10

Bradypnea

Question 11

louder and higher pitched and resemble
air blowing through a hollow pipe. have
a 2 to 3 ratio with a gap in between
inspiration and experiation

Answer 11

Bronchial

Sounds

Question 12

Inflammation of the bronchi

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Bronchitis

Question 13

Exaggerated voice sounds osculated over

chest wall

Answer 13

Bronchophony

Question 14

Contraction of smooth muscle within the
airway walls that narrow the airway
reducing airflow

Answer 14

Bronchospasm

Question 15

Blowing sounds that are medium pitched
and of medium intensity. Inspiratory
phase is equal to expiratory phase

Answer 15

Bronchovesicular Sounds

Question 16

Breaths that gradually become faster and
deeper than normal, the slower, and
alternate with periods of apnea

Answer 16

Cheyne-Stokes Breathing

Question 17

The solidation of portions of the lung
tissue as it fills up with infectious
exudate, as in pneumonia

Answer 17

.Consolidation

Question 18

Involves a machine to help a person who
has obstructive sleep apnea breathe more
easily during sleep

Answer 18

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

Question 19

During a respiratory assessment the nurse notes a sinking in of soft tissues relative to the cartilaginous and bony
thorax

Answer 19

Retraction

Question 20

a lung sound. low pitched, snore like sounds. they are caused by airway secretions and airway narrowing. they
usually clear after coughing

Answer 20

Ronchi

Question 21

A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary
awakenings

Answer 21

.Sleep Apnea

Question 22

an, abnormal, high pitched sound produced by turbulent airflow through a partial obstruction in the upper airway

Answer 22

Stridor

Question 23

Hollow, U-shaped depression just above the sterum, in between clavicles

Answer 23

Suprasternal Notch

Question 24

Rapid, shallow breathing with increased rate >24breaths/mi

Answer 24

Tachypnea

Question 25

vibration palpated with the hand on the chest during vocal fremitus

Answer 25

Tactile Fremitus

Question 26

normal sound of respirations heard on auscultation over peripheral lung areas

Answer 26

Vesicular Breath

sounds

Question 27

These breath sounds are relatively soft, low-pitched, gentle, rustling sounds that have a 3:1 ratio, with inspiration 3
times longer than expiration

Answer 27

Vesicular Sounds

Question 28

The maximum volume of air that a respiratory system can inhale and exhale

Answer 28

.Vital Capacity

Question 29

A musical pitched sound, usually heard during expiration caused by airway obstruction (asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, foreign body aspiration)

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Wheezes .

Question 30

A functional category of abnormal
respiratory condition characterized by
airflow obstruction, e.g., emphysema
chronic bronchitis

Answer 30

COPD

Question 31

the angle beneath the sternum

Answer 31

Costal Angle

Question 32

Fine or course high-pitched, short,
interrupted popping heard during the end of
inspiration as fluid passes through fluid or
re-expands collapsed small airways; usually
not cleared with coughing

Answer 32

Crackles

Rales

Question 33

Course crackling sensation palpable over
the skin when air abnormally escapes from
the lung and enters the subcutaneous tissue

Answer 33

Crepitus

Question 34

Difficult breathing, often associated with
heart or lung disease and resulting in in
SOB. Also called air hunger.

Answer 34

Dyspnea

Question 35

A disease that progressively destroys the

walls of the alveoli

Answer 35

Emphysema

Question 36

normal respiration

Answer 36

Eupnea

Question 37

coughing blood

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Hemoptysis

Question 38

A decreased amount of oxygen in the

bloodstream

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Hypoxemia

Question 39

rapid, deep breathing; metabolic acidosis

more than 20 breaths/minute

Answer 39

Kussmauls Breathing

Question 40

Difficulty breathing while Supin

Answer 40

Orthopnea

Question 41

sudden awakening from sleeping with

shortness of breath

Answer 41

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea

Question 42

Striking over the chest wall with shot sharp
blows of the finger in order to determine the
size and density of underlying organ

Answer 42

Percussion

Question 43

Collection of fluid in the pleural cavity

Answer 43

Pleural Effusion

Question 44

dry, rubbing, or grating sound, ususally
caused by inflammation of pleural surfaces;
heard during inspiration or expiration

Answer 44

Pleural Friction Rub

Question 45

A serous infection or inflammation of the
lungs in which the smallest bronchioles
and alveoli fill with pus and other liquid

Answer 45

Pneumonia

Question 46

air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture

of the lung or chest wall

Answer 46

Pneumothorax

Question 47

Increased pressure within the pulmonary

circulation

Answer 47

Pulmonary

Hypertension

Question 48

The lung is filled air(99% of lung is air),
hence, percussion of it gives a resonance.
This step helps identify areas of lung devoid
of air

Answer 48

Resonance