observation and discovery resporatory system Flashcards
pectoriloquy
PEK-toh-RIL-oh-kwee
pectori/loquy
chest/speak
speaking from the chest; used as a means of finding masses in the lung. a HCP listening to a patient’s chest asks the pt to whisper a word. the word will be audible in areas where fluid or a mass is present. hence the chest “speaks” in those places
pectus carinatum
pectus carinatum
chest/keel
PEK-tus- car-ee-NAH-tum
a chest that protrudes like the keel of a ship
pectus excavatum
pectus ex/cavatum
chest out/hollowed
PEK-tus eks-cuh-VAH-tum
a chest that is hollowed out
percussion
per-KUSH-un
retraction
rih-TRAK-shun
re/trac/tion
back/drag/process
the sucking in of the skin around bones during inhalation; happens when someone is in respiratory distress
atelectasis
a/tel/ecstasis
not/complete/expansion
AT-el-EK-tah-sis
incomplete expansion
bronchiectasis
bronchi/ectasis
bronchus/expansion
bron-key-EK-ta-sis
expansion of the bronchi
caseous necrosis
caseous necr/osis
cheese like death/condition
KAY-see-us ne-KROH-sis
the death of tissue with a cheese like appearance
chylothorax
chylo/thorax
chyle/chest
KAI-loh-THOH-raks
chyle (milky bodily fluid formed in small intestine during digestion) in the chest
empyema
em/py/ema
in/pus/condition
EM-PAI-EE-mah
pus inside the chest
hemothorax
hemo/thorax
blood/chest
HEE-moh-THOR-aks
blood in the chest
phrenoplegia
phreno/plegia
diaphragm/paralysis
FREN-oh-PLEE-jah
paralysis of the diaphragm
phrenoptosis
FREN-awp-TOH-sis
drooping of the diaphragm
pleural effusion
pluer/al ex/fusion
pluera/pertaining to/
out/pour
PLUR-al eh-FYOO-zhun
fluid pouring out into the pluera
pneumohemothorax
pneumo/hemo/thorax
air/blood/chest
NOO-moh-HEEM-oh-THOH-rama
air and blood in the chest
pneumothorax
NOO-moh-THOR-aks
air in the chest
pulmonary edema
pulmon/ary
edema
lung/pertaining to/swelling
pul-moh-nee-ree eh-DEE-ma
swelling in the lungs
pyothorax
PAI-oh-THOH-raks
pus in the chest
tracheostenosis
TRAY-kee-oh-sten-OH-sis
narrowing of the trachea
hypercapnia
HAI-per-KAP-nee-ah
excessive CO2
hypercarbia
HAI-per-KAR-bee-ah
excessive CO2
hypocapnia & hypocarbia
insufficient CO2
HAI-po-KAP-nee-ah
HAI-po-KAR-bee-ah
hypoxemia
insufficient O in the blood
HAIP-OK-SEE-mee-ah
hypoxia
insufficient O
HAI-POKS-see-ah
computed tomography
computed tomo/graphy
cut/writing procedure
com-PYOO-ted toh-MAWF-rah-fee
an imaging procedure using a computer to cut (uses slices to view pt images)
pulmonary angiography
pul-moh-neh-ree an-jee-AWG-rah-fee
an imaging procedure for recording pulmonary blood vessel activity
ventilation-perfusion scan (VQ scan)
ventil/ation-per / fusion
breathing/process-through/pour
VENT-ih-LAY-shun-per-FYOO-zhun skan
a scan that tests whether a problem in the lungs is caused by airflow (ventilation) or blood flow (perfusion)
bronchoscopy
broncho/scopy
bronchus/looking procedure
bron-KOS-koh-pee
procedure to look inside the bronchi
capnography
KAP-NAWG-rah-fee
capno/graphy
CO2/writing procedure
procedure to record CO2 levels
capnometer
kap-NOM-eh-ter
instrument to measure CO2 levels
endoscope
EN-doh-SKOHP
instrument to look inside
nasopharyngoscope
NAY-zoh-fa-RING-go-scohp
an instrument to look at the nose and throat
oximetry
ok-SIM-eh-tree
oxi/metry
oxygen/measuring process
procedure to measure oxygen levels
polysomnography
PAWL-ee-som-NAWG-rah-fee
pulmonary function testing (PFT)
pul-moh-neh-ree funk-shin TES-ting
spirometry
spih-ROM-eh-tree
procedure to measure breathing
thoracoscopy (thorascopy)
THOH-rah-KOS-koh-pee
examination of the chest
