Respiratory And Cardiovascular System

Question 1

ABG

Answer 1

Arterial Blood Gas

Question 2

AFB

Answer 2

Acid Fast Bacilus

Question 3

ARDS

Answer 3

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Question 4

CF

Answer 4

Cystic Fibrosis

Question 5

CO2

Answer 5

Carbon Dioxide

Question 6

COPD

Answer 6

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease

Question 7

CXR

Answer 7

Chest X-Ray

Question 8

DOT

Answer 8

Directly Observed Therapy

Question 9

ETT

Answer 9

Endotracheal Tube

Question 10

MDI

Answer 10

Metered Dose Inhaler

Question 11

MRI

Answer 11

Magnetic Ressonance Imaging

Question 12

O2

Answer 12

Oxigen

Question 13

PCP

Answer 13

Pneumocistis Carinii Pneumonia

Question 14

PE

Answer 14

Pulmonary Embolus

Question 15

PET scan

Answer 15

Positron Emission Tomography

Question 16

PFT’s

Answer 16

Pulmonary Function Tests

Question 17

SOB

Answer 17

Shortness of Breath

Question 18

TB

Answer 18

Tuberculosis

Question 19

URI

Answer 19

Upper Respiratory Infection

Question 20

VQ Scan

Answer 20

Ventilation Perfusion Scan

Question 21

atelectasis

Answer 21

collapse of lung tissue

Question 22

auscultation

Answer 22

listening with a stethoscope

Question 23

percussion

Answer 23

the act of percussing

Question 24

crackle

Answer 24

abnormal lung sound due to fluid in the lungs (crepitar)

Question 25

wheeze

Answer 25

abnormal whistling lung sound due to narrowed airways

Question 26

stridour

Answer 26

high-pitched pathological breath sound heard with inspiration through narrowed airways (estridor)

Question 27

pleurisy or pleuritis

Answer 27

pleura inflamation

Question 28

palliative

Answer 28

treatment of symptoms of illness to maintain patient comfort

Question 29

air in the chest cavity

Answer 29

pneumothorax

Question 30

blood in the chest cavity

Answer 30

hemothorax

Question 31

breathing too fast

Answer 31

tachypnea

Question 32

breathing upright

Answer 32

orthopnea

Question 33

bronchitis

Answer 33

bronchial inflamation

Question 34

hypercapnia

Answer 34

condition of excessive CO2

Question 35

dyspnea

Answer 35

difficult breathing

Question 36

dysphonia

Answer 36

difficult speaking

Question 37

hydrothorax

Answer 37

fluid in the chest cavity

Question 38

pleurisy or pleuritis

Answer 38

inflamation of the pleura

Question 39

laringoscope

Answer 39

lighted instrument used to view the throat

Question 40

pneumonia or pneumonitis

Answer 40

lung inflammation

Question 41

apnea

Answer 41

not breathing

Question 42

pleuralgia or pleurodynia

Answer 42

pain related to the pleura

Question 43

endotracheal

Answer 43

pertaining to into the thrachea

Question 44

pulmonary

Answer 44

pertaining to the lung

Question 45

pyothorax or empyema

Answer 45

pus in the chest cavity

Question 46

thoracocentesis

Answer 46

removal of fluid from the chest cavity

Question 47

rhinorrea

Answer 47

runny nose

Question 48

hemoptysis

Answer 48

spitting up blood

Question 49

thoracotomy

Answer 49

surgical opening into the chest cavity

Question 50

tracheostomy

Answer 50

surgical opening into the thrachea

Question 51

pneumonectomy

Answer 51

surgical removal of the lung

Question 52

rhinoplasty

Answer 52

surgical repair of the nose

Question 53

pharyngitis

Answer 53

throat inflammation

Question 54

bronchoscopy

Answer 54

viewing the bronchi with a lighted instrument