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Lesson 11 (HA Lab) Flashcards

1
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Air hunger

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Dyspnea

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2
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A non painful by uncomfortable awareness of breathing that is inappropriate to the level of exertion

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Dyspnea

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3
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A sudden onset of dyspnea without pain

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Pulmonary embolism

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4
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a blood clot gets stuck in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to part of the lung

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Pulmonary Embolism

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5
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A typically reflex response to stimuli that irritate receptors in the larynx, trachea, or large bronchi

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Cough

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6
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It can be a symptom of left-sided heart failure

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Cough

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7
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Viral upper respiratory infections are the most common cause of

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Acute Coagh

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8
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Postinfectious cough, bacterial sinusitis, or asthma

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Subacute cough

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9
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Postnasal drip, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis

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Chronic cough

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10
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It is translucent, white or grey sputum

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Mucoid Sputum

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11
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It is yellowish or greenish sputum

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Purulent Sputum

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12
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A chronic cough last for

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8 weeks

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13
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An acute cough last for

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3 weeks

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14
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A subacute cough lasts for

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3-8 weeks

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15
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Do lungs have pain fibers?

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No

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16
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It may be caused by cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, or musculoskeletal etiologies

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Chest pain

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16
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It may be caused by cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, or musculoskeletal etiologies

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Chest pain

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17
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Trachea and large bronchi is due to

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Bronchitis

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18
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Five Percussion Notes

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Flatness
Dullness
Resonance
Hyperresonance
Tympany

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19
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Healthy lungs are considered as ______

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Resonant

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20
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Alternate percussing one side of the chest and then the other at each level in a ___________

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Ladder-like pattern

21
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It replaces resonance when fluid or solid tissue replaces air

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Dullness

22
Q

Pleural accumulations of serous fluid

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Lobar pneumonia

23
Q

A sound which is soft and low pitch

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Vesicular

24
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They are heard through inspiration, continue without pause through expiration, and then fade away about one third of the way through expiration

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Vesicular

25
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The inspiratory and expiratory sounds about equal, at times separated by a silent interval

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Bronchovesicular

26
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Louder and higher pitch sound

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Bronchial

27
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With a short silence between inspiratory and expiratory

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Bronchial

28
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Infra means

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Below

29
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Inter means

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Between

30
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Supra means

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Above

31
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Sometimes calls as rales

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Crackles

32
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An important part of your examination, often leading to diagnosis of cardiac and pulmonary conditions

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Crackles (rales)
Wheezes
Ronchi

33
Q

It may be from the abnormalities of the lungs or of the airways

A

Crackles / Rales

34
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These are intermittent, non-musical, brief crackling sounds (collapsed or fluid filled alveoli popping open)

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Crackles

35
Q

It suggest narrowed airways, as in asthma, COPD, or bronchitis

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Wheezes

36
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Pneumonia, fibrosis, early congestive heart failure are considered as

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Abnormalities of the lungs

37
Q

Asthma, COPD, or bronchitis has a _______ sound

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Wheezing

38
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These are high pitched sounds heard first upon exhalation

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Wheezes

39
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Secretions in large airways

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Rhonchi

40
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This is a low pitch sound, snoring, rattling sounds that occur primarily during exhalation

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Rhonchi

41
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Loud, high-pitched crowing sound that is heard upon inhalation

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Stridor

42
Q

The thorax is wider than it is deep

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Normal Thorax

43
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Its lateral diameter is larger than its anteroposterior diameter

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Normal thorax : ratio 1:2

44
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There is an increased anteroposterior diameter

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Barrel Chest

45
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This shape is normal during infancy, and often accompanied agind and COPD

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Barrel chest

46
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Another term for pigeon chest

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Pectus Carinatum

47
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The sternum is displaced anteriorly, increasing the ap diameter

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Pigeon chest

48
Q

Depression in the lower portion of sternum

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Funnel Chest

49
Q

Compression of the heart and great vessels may cause

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Murmur

50
Q

Abnormal spinal curvatures and vertebral rotation deform the chest

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Thoracic Kyphoscoliosis

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