Respiratory System Disorders

Question 1

LACK OF BREATHING

Answer 1

APNEA

Question 2

THE DIVISION OF A TUBE OR VESSEL INTO TWO CHANNELS OR BRANCHES

Answer 2

BIFURCATION

Question 3

RELAXATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE IN THE BRONCHIOLES, NARROWING THE AIRWAYS

Answer 3

BRONCHODILATION

Question 4

CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE IN THE BRONCHIOLES, NARROWING THE AIRWAYS

Answer 4

BRONCHOCONSTRICTION

Question 5

TENDENCY TO STICK TOGETHER OR BE ATTRACTED

Answer 5

COHESION

Question 6

THE ABILITY OF THE LUNGS TO EXPAND AND RECOIL OR THE PATIENT’S WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW A PRESCRIBED TREATMENT

Answer 6

COMPLIANCE

Question 7

THE COLLECTION OF PUS IN A CAVITY OR BODY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY

Answer 7

EMPYEMA

Question 8

NORMAL, REGULAR, QUIET BREATHING

Answer 8

EUPNEA

Question 9

TYPE OF MEDICINE USED TO HELP CLEAR MUCOUS FROM AIRWAY

Answer 9

EXPECTORANT

Question 10

FROTHY SPUTUM CONTAINING STREAKS OF BLOOD, USUALLY BRIGHT RED; SPITTING UP BLOOD

Answer 10

HEMOPTYSIS

Question 11

A REFLECX THAT PREVENTS EXCESSIVELUNG EXPANSION

Answer 11

HERING-BREUER REFLEX

Question 12

INCREASED LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) IN THE BLOOD

Answer 12

HYPERCAPNIA

Question 13

INSUFFICIENT OXYGEN IN THE ARTERIAL BLOOD

Answer 13

HYPOXEMIA

Question 14

DIFFICULT OR LABORED BREATHING WHEN RECUMBENT THAT IS USUALLY RELIEVED BY AN UPRIGHT POSITION

Answer 14

ORTHOPNEA

Question 15

AWAKENING IN SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY EDEMA

Answer 15

PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA

Question 16

AN ENZYME THAT BREAKS DOWN A PROTEIN INTO AMINO ACIDS

Answer 16

PROTEASE

Question 17

ABNORMAL DECREASE IN SYSTOLIC PRESSURE DURING INSPIRATION

Answer 17

PULSUS PARADOXUS

Question 18

A BUBBLY OR CRACKING SOUND IN THE LUNGS CAUSED BY AIR MIXING WITH FLUID IN THE AIRWAYS

Answer 18

RALES

Question 19

THE VOLUME OF AIR REMAINING IN THE LUNGS AFTER MAXIMUM EXPIRATION

Answer 19

RESIDUAL VOLUME

Question 20

A HARSH NOICE HEARD IN THE LUNGS RESULTING FROM AIR PASSING THROUGH PARTIAL OBSTRUCTION BY THICK MUCUS OR EXUDATES

Answer 20

RHONCHUS

Question 21

FATTY, BULKY STOOL RESULTING FROM MALABORPTION

Answer 21

STEATORRHEA

Question 22

AN ABNORMAL JHIGH-PITCHED, CROWING SOUND CAUSED BY OBSTRUCTION IN TEH TRACHEA OR LARYNX

Answer 22

STRIDOR

Question 23

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AIR THAT CAN BE MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE LUNGS

Answer 23

VITAL CAPACITY

Question 24

A HIGH-PITCHED WHINING SOUND TYPICAL OF OBSTRUCTION IN THE BRONCHIOLES AND SMALL BRONCHI

Answer 24

WHEEZE