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26 Cards in this Set
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Accessory Muscles
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Muscles in chest that help to breath...esp when breathing hard
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Dyspnea
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Difficult or labored respiraton
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Hypoxia
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Oxygen deficiency....O2 cant respiration, causes strong drive to correct
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Mediastinum
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th part of the thoracic cavity btw the lungs that contains heart, aorta, esophagus, trachea, and thymus
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Bifurcation
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to divide into two branches
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Hemoptysis
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coughing up blood from the respiratory tract...usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
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DOE
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Dyspnea on exertion
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Orthopnea
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Person can't breathe when lying flat...can breath when sit/stand
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adventitious
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Accidental or acquired; not natural or hereditary
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angle of Louis/ sternal angle
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the anterior angle formed by the junction of the manubrium and the body of sternum
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Nares
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nostrils of the nose
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nasolabial folds
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'smile crease'....the crease from the nose to the corner of the mouth
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hyper ventilations
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increased depth / rate ofbreathing, greater than the body needs....causes dizziness
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hypoventilations
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decreased depth and rate of breath
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URI
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upper respiratory infection
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ICS
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intercostal space
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Wheezes
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to breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse, whistling sound
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MCL
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mid clavicular line
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Manubrium
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upper part of the breast bone
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Rhonchi
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coarse, rattling sound, somewhat like snoring
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Costal Angle
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Angle beneath th sternum
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COPD
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Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease
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Rales/crackles
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The clicking/rattling/wetsounds when ausculating the lungs during inhalation...heard with pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis and bronchitis
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Apnea
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an amount of time when breathing stop or is greatly reduced
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Bradypnea
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slow breathing
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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