Pulmonary

Question 1

Accessory muscle use

Answer 1

Strugglign for breath using extra muscles in addition to the diaphragm

Question 2

Asthma

Answer 2

Constriction of the airway due to muscular contraction of the branchioles

Question 3

Atelectasis

Answer 3

Collapse of the alveoli in the lungs due to disease or poor inspiration

Question 4

Bradypnea

Answer 4

Decreased respiratory rate

Question 5

Croup

Answer 5

Viral infection of the upper airway w/ barking cough and often stridor

Question 6

Dullness on percussion

Answer 6

Fluid or mass under area being percussed

Question 7

Hemoptysis

Answer 7

Coughing up blood

Question 8

Nasal flaring

Answer 8

enlargement of nostrils w/ breathing (sign of respiratory distress)

Question 9

Prolonged expiration

Answer 9

Expiratory phase that is markedly longer than the inspiratory phase; heard in asthmatics

Question 10

Pulmonary embolism

Answer 10

Blockage of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches due to a translocated clot

Question 11

Pleurisy

Answer 11

General term for pain w/ breathing

Question 12

Pneumothorax

Answer 12

Presence of air or gas in the pleural space; collapsed lung

Question 13

pneumonia

Answer 13

infiltrate (infection) inside the lung tissue

Question 14

Prolonged expirations

Answer 14

usually heard in asthmatics

Question 15

Rales

Answer 15

Crackles; wet crackling heard in the lungs due to pneumonia or CHF

Question 16

Retractions

Answer 16

Visible sinking of the area btwn the ribs and in the neck during inhalation (respiratory distress)

Question 17

Rhonchi

Answer 17

Sound of mucous rolling around in the bronchioles/bronchi

Question 18

Splinting

Answer 18

Avoiding deep inspirations due to increased pain w/ breathing

Question 19

Sputum

Answer 19

Matter coughed up from the lower airways

Question 20

Stridor

Answer 20

Upper airway noise; common sign in croup

Question 21

Tachypnea

Answer 21

Increased respiratory rate >20rpm