Week 4 Flashcards
Organs that assist other organs in a system
Accessory organs
a type of breathing sound that includes crackles, wheezing, and rhonchi
Adventitious breathing
a medical term that describes the distance or size from the front to the back of a body part, like the chest or pelvis. It’s used to measure how deep something is from front to back
anterior-posterior diameter
Asthma is a hyperreactive airway disease characterized by bronchoconstriction, airway obstruction, and inflammation
asthma
examine a patient by listening to sounds
auscultate
lack or absence of symmetry
asymmetry
the enlarged chest with a rounded cross section and fixed horizontal position of the ribs that occurs in chronic pulmonary emphysema
barrel chest
a breathing patter that is slower than 12 breaths per minute
bradypnea
the effort the patient is making to breathe
breathing effort
A characteristic of a breath sound that is high in pitch and loud in intensity
bronchial
a lung condition that causes inflammation of the bronchial tubes, or airways in the lungs
bronchitis
A characteristic of a breath sound that is moderate in pitch and medium in intensity
bronchovesicular
A measure of how mobile the chest wall is
chest expansion
a reflex action that clears your airways of irritants and phlegm
cough
a type of adventitious sound that is a popping noise and can be heard in pneumonia and heart failure
crackles