unit 5 Flashcards
1
Q
BS
A
breath sounds
2
Q
CF
A
cystic fibrosis
3
Q
PE
A
pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lungs)
4
Q
SIDS
A
sudden infant death syndrome
5
Q
TB
A
tuberculosis
6
Q
URI
A
upper respiratory infection
7
Q
PCN
A
penicillin
8
Q
CO2
A
carbon dioxide
9
Q
O2
A
oxygen
10
Q
RT
A
respiratory therapy
11
Q
SOB
A
short of breath
12
Q
DNR
A
do not resuscitate
13
Q
DOA
A
dead on arrivial
14
Q
T&A
A
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
15
Q
Nas/o, rhin/o
A
Nose
16
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
17
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx(throat)
18
Q
sept/o
A
septum
19
Q
sinus/o
A
sinus
20
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsils
21
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
22
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx (voice box)
23
Q
trache/o
A
trachea (windpipe)
24
Q
bronch/o, bronchi/o
A
bronchi
25
plumon/o, pneumon
lungs
26
diaphragm
seperates thoracic and abdominal
27
thorac/o, thora/o, -thorax
thoracic (chest)
28
otorhinolaryngologist(ENT)
specialist of ears, nose, & throat
29
spirometry
to measure breaths
30
auscultation
process of listening to the sounds within the body with a stethoscope
31
normal adult RR
Respiration rate 10-20 breaths per min
32
ox/i , ox/o
oxygen
33
-capnia
carbon dioxide
34
-pnea
breathing
35
`tachy
fast
36
brady
slow
37
eu-
good, normal
38
a-
without
39
-ectasis
dilation of the bronchiectasis
40
asthma
allergic disorder characterized by difficult breathing
41
influensa
the flu
