Respiratory

Question 1

inspection

Answer 1

visual examination of external surface

Question 2

palpation

Answer 2

process of examining by application of hands/fingers on the body

Question 3

auscultation

Answer 3

listening with a stethoscope

Question 4

percussion

Answer 4

tapping of fingers

Question 5

adnoids

Answer 5

lymphatic tissue (nasopharynx)

Question 6

alveoli

Answer 6

air cells of the lungs; know as pulmonary parenchyma

Question 7

apex

Answer 7

the upper portion of the lung

Question 8

asymptomatic

Answer 8

without symptoms

Question 9

base

Answer 9

lowest part of the lung

Question 10

bronchi

Answer 10

2 main branches leading from the trachea

Question 11

bronchiole

Answer 11

smaller sub division of the bronchial tubes

Question 12

capillaries

Answer 12

tiny blood vessels

Question 13

diaphragm

Answer 13

wall separating the abdomen from the thoracic cavity

Question 14

epigglottis

Answer 14

covers the entrance of the larynx when swallowing

Question 15

glottis

Answer 15

sound producing apparatus of the larynx

Question 16

laryngalgia

Answer 16

pain in the larynx

Question 17

laryngopharnx

Answer 17

lower part of the pharynx that extends to larynx

Question 18

mediastinum

Answer 18

organs and tissue that separate the lungs(heart, trachea, esophagus, aorta, and bronchi

Question 19

nares

Answer 19

external nostrils

Question 20

nasopharynx

Answer 20

part of the pharynx above the soft palete

Question 21

oropharynx

Answer 21

central part of the pharynx

Question 22

palatine tonsils

Answer 22

tonsils

Question 23

paranasal sinuses

Answer 23

hollow areas or cavities within the skull

Question 24

parietal pleura

Answer 24

portion of the pleura closest to the ribs

Question 25

pharynx

Answer 25

passage way for air from the nasal cavity to larynx

Question 26

phrenic nerve

Answer 26

motor nerve to the diaphram

Question 27

pleura

Answer 27

double folded membrane that lines the thoracic cavity

Question 28

pleural space

Answer 28

the space that separates the visceral and parietal pleurae

Question 29

pulmonary parenchyma

Answer 29

functional units of lungs (allow exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood)

Question 30

septum

Answer 30

a wall dividing two cavities

Question 31

sputum

Answer 31

substance coughed up

Question 32

thorax

Answer 32

part of the body between the diaphragm and the base of the neck

Question 33

trachea

Answer 33

the wind pipe

Question 34

visceral pleura

Answer 34

portion of the pleura closest to the organs