Respiratory

Question 1

Accessory muscle use

Answer 1

Visible usage of muscles not normally used to breathe

Question 2

Bradypnea

Answer 2

unusually slow breathing

Question 3

Cyanosis

Answer 3

When the skin turns purple or dark blue (typically due to hypoxia)

Question 4

Dyspnea

Answer 4

Shortness of breath

Question 5

Expiration

Answer 5

Breathing out

Question 6

Hemoptysis

Answer 6

coughing up blood

Question 7

Inspiration

Answer 7

Breathing in

Question 8

Intubated

Answer 8

introduction of a tube into a hallow organ, such as the trachea

Question 9

Orthopnea

Answer 9

difficulty breathing laying down

Question 10

Rale

Answer 10

Abnormal sound heard in lungs

Question 11

Respiratory Distress

Answer 11

Difficulty breathing

Question 12

Retraction

Answer 12

visible pulling inward of the muscles between the ribs when inhaling

Question 13

Rhonchi

Answer 13

Whistling sound heard when there is a partial obstruction of the lungs

Question 14

Speech dyspnea

Answer 14

Shortness of breath when speaking

Question 15

Stridor

Answer 15

Sound heard when there is an obstruction of the airways

Question 16

Tachypnea

Answer 16

unusually fast breathing

Question 17

Wheeze

Answer 17

Difficulty breathing makes a whistling sound that is a result from the narrowing of the lumen in respiratory passages