Respiratory System

Question 1

Alveoli

Answer 1

Small air sacs in the lungs

Question 2

Apnoea

Answer 2

Absence of breathing

Question 3

Asthma

Answer 3

Inflammatory disease of bronchial tubes

Question 4

Asphyxia

Answer 4

Suffocation through lack of oxygen in the blood

Question 5

Atelectasis

Answer 5

Failure of lungs to expand

Question 6

Auscultation

Answer 6

Listening with a stethoscope

Question 7

Bronchiectasis

Answer 7

Widening of the bronchial tubes and branches

Question 8

Bronchspasm

Answer 8

Cough

Question 9

Coryza

Answer 9

common cold

Question 10

crepitation

Answer 10

Crackling heard when lungs are infected

Question 11

dyspnoea

Answer 11

difficult breathing

Question 12

emphysema

Answer 12

Trapped air in alveoli making breathing difficult

Question 13

haemothorax

Answer 13

Blood in the pleural cavity

Question 14

haemoptysis

Answer 14

Coughing up blood from the lungs

Question 15

larynx

Answer 15

voice box

Question 16

orthopnoea

Answer 16

Difficulty breathing lying down/can only breathe sitting up

Question 17

PEFR

Answer 17

Peak Expiratory Flow Rate

Question 18

Pharynx

Answer 18

throat

Question 19

pleural effusion

Answer 19

Accumulation of fluid in the pleural space

Question 20

pleura

Answer 20

Membranes covering the lungs & inner chest wall

Question 21

pleurisy

Answer 21

Inflammation of the membranes covering lungs & inner wall

Question 22

pneumonia

Answer 22

inflammation of the lungs

Question 23

pneumothorax

Answer 23

Gas/air in the pleural cavity

Question 24

pulmonary embolism

Answer 24

Blockage in a blood vessel supplying the lungs

Question 25

stertorous

Answer 25

noisy breathing

Question 26

tachypnoea

Answer 26

rapid breathing

Question 27

trachea

Answer 27

windpipe