Respiratory System

Front 1

Alveolus

Back 1

Air sac in the lung

Hint 1

Lung sac

Front 2

Bronchioles

Back 2

Smallest branches of the bronchi

Hint 2

Tree branches if the lungs

Front 3

Cilia

Back 3

Thin hairs attached to the lining of the respiratory tract

Hint 3

Hairy lining

Front 4

Diaphragm

Back 4

Muscle separating the chest and the abdomin

Front 5

Epiglottis

Back 5

Cartilage over the larynx that keeps food & liquid out of trachea

Hint 5

Throat lid

Front 6

Larynx

Back 6

Voice box

Front 7

Mediastinum

Back 7

Region between the lungs and chest cavity

Hint 7

Diaphragm region

Front 8

Nares

Back 8

Individual nostrils

Hint 8

Nostrils

Front 9

Expiration

Back 9

Breathing out

Hint 9

Exhale

Front 10

Inspiration

Back 10

Breathing in

Hint 10

Inhale

Front 11

Palatine tonsil

Back 11

Lymphatic tissue in the roof of the mouth

Hint 11

Mouth tissue

Front 12

Paranasal sinus

Back 12

Air cavity in the bones near the mouse

Hint 12

Sinuses

Front 13

Parietal Pleura

Back 13

Outer layer of pleura that is closer to the ribs & chest wall

Hint 13

Outer layer near ribs

Front 14

Pharynx

Back 14

Throat

Hint 14

Throat

Front 15

Pleura

Back 15

Double-layered membrane surrounding each lung

Hint 15

Lung blanket

Front 16

Visceral pleura

Back 16

Layer of pleura closer to lung tissue

Hint 16

Close lung blanket

Front 17

Capn/o

Back 17

Carbon dioxide

Hint 17

COtwo

Front 18

Coni/o

Back 18

Dust

Hint 18

Dust

Front 19

Ortho/o

Back 19

Straight & upright

Hint 19

Vertical

Front 20

Phon/o

Back 20

Voice

Hint 20

Sound

Front 21

Phren/o

Back 21

Diaphragm

Hint 21

Diaphragm

Front 22

Pneum/o

Back 22

Air or lungs

Hint 22

Pneumonia

Front 23

Pulmon/o

Back 23

Lung

Hint 23

Lung

Front 24

Spir/o & -pnea

Back 24

Breathing

Hint 24

Breathing

Front 25

Tel/o

Back 25

Complete

Hint 25

Full

Front 26

-ema

Back 26

Condition

Hint 26

Condition

Front 27

-osmia

Back 27

Smell

Hint 27

Scent

Front 28

-ptysis

Back 28

Spitting

Hint 28

Spitting

Front 29

-sphyxia

Back 29

Pulse

Hint 29

Heart rate

Front 30

Auscultation

Back 30

Listening to sounds of the body

Hint 30

Body noises

Front 31

Percussion

Back 31

Tapping on a surface to determine density

Hint 31

Band

Front 32

Pleura rub

Back 32

Scratchy sound made when pleura surfaces rub together

Hint 32

Sandpaper noise

Front 33

Rales

Back 33

Crackling sounds heard during auscultation due to fluid in alveoli

Hint 33

Alveoli fluid that maskes noise

Front 34

Sputum

Back 34

Items from the respiratory tract that comes up by spitting

Hint 34

Stuff in your spit

Front 35

Ronchi

Back 35

Loud rumbling sounds caused by obstructed spit in the airways

Hint 35

Sounds that stuck spit makes

Front 36

Stridor

Back 36

Strained high pitched noise when breathing caused by obstruction of the pharynx or larynx

Hint 36

Scratchy noise made when pharynx or larynx is blocked

Front 37

Croup

Back 37

Viral infection of infants caused by a blocked larynx

Hint 37

Infection in infants, sounds like barking

Front 38

Diphtheria

Back 38

Throat/upper chest infection caused by diphtheria bacterium

Hint 38

Infection caused by it's own bacterium

Front 39

Epistaxis

Back 39

Bloody nose

Hint 39

Nosebleed

Front 40

Pertussis

Back 40

Contagious infection of pharynx, larynx, and trachea

Hint 40

Whooping cough

Front 41

Asthma

Back 41

Bronchial inflammation + blocked airway caused by a lot of mucus

Hint 41

Bronchial inflammation

Front 42

Chronic bronchitis

Back 42

Constant bronchi inflammation

Hint 42

Form of COPD (blocked lungs)

Front 43

Cystic fibrosis

Back 43

Inherited condition where glands make thick mucus in airways that can't drain properly

Hint 43

Too much mucus that can't drain

Front 44

Atelectasis

Back 44

Collapsed lung

Hint 44

Collapsed lung

Front 45

Emphysema

Back 45

Air sacs over-inflate & destroys lung walls

Hint 45

Air sacs explode

Front 46

Pneumonia

Back 46

Inflammation & infection of alveoli that fill with puss or mucus

Hint 46

Lung infection = alveoli fill with puss & mucus

Front 47

Pulmonary edema

Back 47

Fluid in air sacs & bronchioles

Front 48

Pulmonary embolism

Back 48

Blocked lung

Front 49

Pulmonary fibrosis

Back 49

Scar tissue forming in the lungs

Front 50

Sarcoidosis

Back 50

Inflammatory disease where nodules form in the lungs & lymph nodes

Hint 50

Nodules form in lungs

Front 51

Tuberculosis(TB)

Back 51

Disease caused by mycobacterium

Hint 51

Mycobacterium

Front 52

Mesothelioma

Back 52

Tumor in the pleura caused by asbestos

Hint 52

Asbestos tumor

Front 53

Pleural effusion

Back 53

Build up of fluid in the pleura cavity

Hint 53

Fluid + pleura cavity

Front 54

Pneumothorax

Back 54

Air in the pleura

Hint 54

Air + pleura

Front 55

COPD

Back 55

Blocked airflow in lungs and bronchial tubes - smoking, pollution, asthma

Hint 55

Blocked airflow - smoking

Front 56

Palliative

Back 56

Relives symptoms but no cure

Hint 56

Symptom relief

Front 57

Pulmonary infarction

Back 57

Death of lung tissue

Front 58

Purulent

Back 58

Containing pus

Hint 58

Full of pus

Front 59

CXR

Back 59

Chest x-ray

Front 60

CT

Back 60

X-ray of thoracic structures in cross sections

Front 61

Endotracheal intubation

Back 61

Placement of a tube into the troat to make an airway

Hint 61

Tube + throat = air

Front 62

ABG's

Back 62

Arterial blood gasses

Front 63

DPT

Back 63

Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus - toxins harmful to infants