Pulmonary

Front 1

Accessory muscle use

Back 1

Struggling for breath using extra muscles in addition to the diaphragm

Front 2

Asthma

Back 2

Constriction of the airway due to muscular contraction of the bronchioles

Front 3

Atelectasis

Back 3

Collapse of the alveoli in the lungs due to disease or poor inspiration

Front 4

Bradypnea

Back 4

Decreased respiratory rate

Front 5

Bronchiolitis

Back 5

Inflammation or infection of the bronchioles

Front 6

Bronchitis

Back 6

Inflammation or infection of the bronchi

Front 7

COPD

Back 7

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Front 8

Croup

Back 8

Viral infection of the upper airway with a barking cough and often stridor

Front 9

Dullness on percussion

Back 9

Fluid or mass under area being percussed

Front 10

Dyspnea

Back 10

Difficult and labored breathing, shortness of breath

Front 11

Hemoptysis

Back 11

Coughing up blood

Front 12

Hemothorax

Back 12

Blood fluid present in the pleural cavity

Front 13

Hyperventilation

Back 13

Breathing too fast, behavioral breathlessness or psychogenic dyspnea

Front 14

Nasal flaring

Back 14

Enlargment of nostrils with breathing, sign of respiratory distress

Front 15

Prolonged embolus

Back 15

Blockage of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches due to a translocated clot

Front 16

Prolonged expiration

Back 16

Expiratory phase that is longer than the inspiration phase, heard in asthmatics

Front 17

Pleurisy

Back 17

General term for pain with breathing

Front 18

Pneumothorax

Back 18

Presence of air or gas in the pleural space, collapsed lung

Front 19

Pneumonia

Back 19

Infiltrate(infection) inside the lung tissue

Front 20

Prolonged expirations

Back 20

Usually heard in asthmatics

Front 21

Rales

Back 21

crackles, wet crackling heard in lungs due to pneumonia of CHF

Front 22

Retractions

Back 22

Visible sinking of the area between the ribs and in the neck during inhalation (respiratory distress)

Front 23

Rhonchi

Back 23

Sound of mucous rolling around in the bronchioles or bronchi

Front 24

Splinting

Back 24

Avoiding deep inspirations due to increased pain with breathing

Front 25

Sputum

Back 25

Matter coughed up from the lower airways

Front 26

Stridor

Back 26

Upper airway noise common sign of croup

Front 27

Tachypnea

Back 27

Increased respiratory rate greater than 20 respirations per minute

Front 28

Wheezing

Back 28

High pitched sound heard with asthmatics or lung disease