Disease and Disorders (No Word Parts)

Question 1

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Answer 1

Respiratory failure in an adult as a result of disease or injury. Symptoms: dyspnea, rapid breathing, and cyanosis
(Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)

Question 2

Asthma

Answer 2

Respiratory disease characterized by paroxysms of coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath

Question 3

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Answer 3

A group of disorders that are almost always a result of smoking that obstructs bronchial flow.
Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Bronchospasm, and Bronchiolitis

Question 4

Coccidioidomycosis

Answer 4

Fungal disease affecting lungs and other organs of the body (valley fever or cocci)

Question 5

Cor Pulmonale

Answer 5

Serious cardiac disease associated with chronic lung disorders like emphysema

Question 6

Croup

Answer 6

Condition resulting from acute obstruction of the larynx. Caused by viral or bacterial infection, allergy or foreign body. (Children)
Characteristics: barking cough, hoarseness and stridor.

Question 7

Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Answer 7

Hereditary disorder of the endocrine glands characterized by excess mucus production in the respiratory tract, pancreatic deficiency and other symptoms

Question 8

Deviated Septum

Answer 8

One part of the nasal cavity is smaller because of a malformation or injury

Question 9

Emphysema

Answer 9

Stretching of lung tissue caused by the alveoli becoming distended and losing elasticity

Question 10

Epistaxis

Answer 10

Nosebleed (rhinorrhagia)

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Influenza

Answer 11

Highly infectious respiratory disease caused by a virus (flu)

Question 12

Legionnaire Disease

Answer 12

A lobar pneumonia caused by the bacterium Legionella Pneumophila

Question 13

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Answer 13

Repetitive pharyngeal collapse during sleep, which leads to absence of breathing

Question 14

Pertussis

Answer 14

Respiratory disease characterized by an acute crowing inspiration, or whoop (whooping cough)

Question 15

Pleural Effusion

Answer 15

Escape of fluid into the pleural space as a result of inflammation

Question 16

Pneumonia (PCP)
Pneumocystis Carinii (P. Carinii)

Answer 16

A pneumonia caused by P. Carinii, a fungus. (Common disease in patients with AIDS)

Question 17

Pulmonary Edema

Answer 17

Fluid accumulation in the alveoli and bronchioles

Question 18

Pulmonary Embolism (EP)
(plural: Emboli)

Answer 18

Foreign matter (a blood clot, air or fat clot) carried in the circulation to the pulmonary artery, where it blocks circulation

Question 19

Tuberculosis (TB)

Answer 19

An infectious disease, caused by an acid-fast bacillus, most commonly spread by inhalation of small particles and usually affecting the lungs

Question 20

Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)

Answer 20

Infection of the nasal cavity, pharynx, or larynx