Gas Exchange

Question 1

abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe comfortably

Answer 1

Orthopnea

Question 2

Sensation of shortness of breath

Answer 2

Dyspnea

Question 3

Abnormally rapid rate of breathing

Answer 3

Tachypnea

Question 4

Method of encouraging voluntary deep breathing by providing visual feedback to patients of the inspiratory volume they have achieved

Answer 4

Incentive spirometer

Question 5

Muscles in the thoracic cage that assist with respiration

Answer 5

Accessory muscles

Question 6

Inadequate cellular oxygenation that may result from a deficiency in the delivery or use of oxygen at the cellular level

Answer 6

Hypoxia

Question 7

Arterial blood oxygen level less than 60 mmHg; low oxygen level in the blood

Answer 7

Hypoxemia

Question 8

Decreased blood supply to a body part such as skin tissue or to an organ such as the heart

Answer 8

Ischemia

Question 9

Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an excess of deoxygenation hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule

Answer 9

Cyanosis

Question 10

Percentage of available binding sites on hemoglobin that are bound with oxygen in arterial blood

Answer 10

SaO2

Question 11

Measurement of how much oxygen the blood is carrying as a percentage of the maximum it could carry

Answer 11

SpO2

Question 12

Measurement of the partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood

Answer 12

PaO2

Question 13

The measurement of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the blood and how well carbon dioxide can move out of the body

Answer 13

PaCO2

Question 14

Measurement of the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and the balance of acids and bases, known as pH

Answer 14

ABG’s

Question 15

Inhalation of foreign object or substance into the airway

Answer 15

Aspiration

Question 16

Extreme form of hypoxia; total oxygen deprivation within tissues or organs

Answer 16

Anoxia