Week 9 Vocab

Question 0

Atelectasis

Answer 0

A condition in which one or more areas of your lungs collapse or don’t inflate properly

Question 1

Apnea

Answer 1

Not breathing for several seconds and sometimes up to a minute while sleeping

Question 2

Bradypnea

Answer 2

Abnormally slow breathing

Question 3

Cheyne-Strokes

Answer 3

an abnormal breathing pattern which commonly occurs in patients with decompensated congestive heart failure and neurologic diseases, in whom periods of tachypnea and hyperpnea alternate with periods of apnea

Question 4

Cyanosis

Answer 4

a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood

Question 5

Exhalation

Answer 5

an expiration of air from the lungs

Question 6

Expectorate

Answer 6

cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs

Question 7

Hyperinflation

Answer 7

monetary inflation occurring at a very high rate

Question 8

Hypo ventilation

Answer 8

The state in which a reduced amount of air enters the alveoli in the lungs, resulting in decreased levels of oxygen and increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood

Question 9

Hypoxemia

Answer 9

An abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood

Question 10

Incentive spirometer

Answer 10

A medical device used to help improve a patient’s lung functioning

Question 11

Inhalation

Answer 11

The act of breathing in

Question 12

Inspiration

Answer 12

Breathing in

Question 13

Kussmaul breathing

Answer 13

A abnormal respiratory pattern characteized by rapid, deep breathing, often seen in patients with metabolic acidosis

Question 14

Pneumothorax

Answer 14

ccurs when air leaks into the space between your lungs and chest wall

Question 15

Sputum

Answer 15

Mucous material from the lungs that is produced (brought up) by coughing

Question 16

Stridor

Answer 16

Abnormal, high-pitched musical breathing sounds

Question 17

Suctioning

Answer 17

Sucking sputum out of the lungs when a person cannot cough it up themselves

Question 18

Suctioning

Answer 18

The act of sucking up sputum in the lungs for somebody who is unable to cough up their own secretions

Question 19

Tachypnea

Answer 19

Abnormal rapid breathing

Question 20

Ventilation

Answer 20

The exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere so that oxygen can be exchanged for carbon dioxide in the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs)

Question 21

Nasal cannula

Answer 21

Medical tubing that hooks up to oxygen to provide adequate oxygenation to the tissues

Question 22

Non-rebreather mask

Answer 22

A non-rebreather mask is primarily used to deliver oxygen to treat hypoxia, wherein the arterial blood oxygen saturation is less than 90 percent

Question 23

Tracheostomy

Answer 23

a surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the trachea (windpipe)

Question 24

Yankauer

Answer 24

Medical device used for oral Suctioning

Question 25

Hypoxia

Answer 25

Hypoxia: A lower-than-normal concentration of oxygen in arterial blood, as opposed to anoxia, a complete lack of blood oxygen. Hypoxia will occur with any interruption of normal respiration

Question 26

Respiration

Answer 26

the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body cells, including ventilation (inhalation and exhalation); diffusion of oxygen from alveoli to blood and of carbon dioxide from blood to alveoli; and transport of oxygen to and carbon dioxide from body cells.