Galen NU 136 Exam 2 vocabulary
Questions and Actual Answers.
Lordosis - Answer Exaggerated lumbar curve
Kyphosis - Answer Increased curve in the thoracic area
Scoliosis - Answer Pronounced lateral curvature of the spine
Wheeze - Answer Whistling, musical, high-pitched sound produced by air being forced
through a narrow or partially obstructed airway
Rhonchi - Answer Coarse, low-pitched, SONOROUS, rattling sounds caused by secretions in
the larger air passages; sometimes called gurgles
Crackles - Answer Fine or coarse non musical sounds in lungs. Sounds like rubbing your air
together
Bronchovesicular sounds - Answer Sounds heard over the central chest or back. Normally
they are equal in length during inspiration and expiration and have no pause between them
Vesicular Sounds - Answer Soft, rustling sounds heard in the periphery of the lung fields.
They are longer on inspiration than expiration and there is no pause between them
Adventitious sounds - Answer Abnormal lung sounds
Hyperactive - Answer Frequent bowel sounds
Hypoactive - Answer Bowel sounds with long periods of silence
Absent - Answer No bowel sounds
Consensual Reflex - Answer When both pupils should get smaller when either eye is
stimulated by the light
Accommodation - Answer When pupils constrict when looking at a near object and then
dilate when viewing a far object
, Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation - Answer Definition of
PERRLA
PERRLA - Answer Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Obstruction of airway - Answer Most common cause of respiratory insufficiency
21% - Answer Amount of Oxygen in the air we normally breathe
Hypoxemia - Answer The decreased amount of Oxygen in the bloodstream
Hypoxia - Answer Less oxygen in the bloodstream available to meet cellular needs
Dyspnea - Answer Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Brain, the retina, and the heart - Answer The earilest signs of hypoxia involves these organs
High Altitude - Answer An environmental cause of hypoxia
Cyanosis - Answer Blue tinge to skin or mucous membrane
Retractions - Answer Muscles moving inward on inspiration
Cyanosis and retractions - Answer Late signs of respiratory insufficiency
Pulse Oximetry - Answer Changes in arterial oxygen saturation can be continuously
monitored with this device
Endotracheal tubes - Answer Maintains an airway in patients who are unconscious or unable
to breathe on their own
80 and 120 mm Hg - Answer Sunction pressure should be set at __________
Every 2 hours - Answer Each patient with a respiratory problem or the potential for one
should turn, cough, and deep breathe how often?
Questions and Actual Answers.
Lordosis - Answer Exaggerated lumbar curve
Kyphosis - Answer Increased curve in the thoracic area
Scoliosis - Answer Pronounced lateral curvature of the spine
Wheeze - Answer Whistling, musical, high-pitched sound produced by air being forced
through a narrow or partially obstructed airway
Rhonchi - Answer Coarse, low-pitched, SONOROUS, rattling sounds caused by secretions in
the larger air passages; sometimes called gurgles
Crackles - Answer Fine or coarse non musical sounds in lungs. Sounds like rubbing your air
together
Bronchovesicular sounds - Answer Sounds heard over the central chest or back. Normally
they are equal in length during inspiration and expiration and have no pause between them
Vesicular Sounds - Answer Soft, rustling sounds heard in the periphery of the lung fields.
They are longer on inspiration than expiration and there is no pause between them
Adventitious sounds - Answer Abnormal lung sounds
Hyperactive - Answer Frequent bowel sounds
Hypoactive - Answer Bowel sounds with long periods of silence
Absent - Answer No bowel sounds
Consensual Reflex - Answer When both pupils should get smaller when either eye is
stimulated by the light
Accommodation - Answer When pupils constrict when looking at a near object and then
dilate when viewing a far object
, Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation - Answer Definition of
PERRLA
PERRLA - Answer Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Obstruction of airway - Answer Most common cause of respiratory insufficiency
21% - Answer Amount of Oxygen in the air we normally breathe
Hypoxemia - Answer The decreased amount of Oxygen in the bloodstream
Hypoxia - Answer Less oxygen in the bloodstream available to meet cellular needs
Dyspnea - Answer Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Brain, the retina, and the heart - Answer The earilest signs of hypoxia involves these organs
High Altitude - Answer An environmental cause of hypoxia
Cyanosis - Answer Blue tinge to skin or mucous membrane
Retractions - Answer Muscles moving inward on inspiration
Cyanosis and retractions - Answer Late signs of respiratory insufficiency
Pulse Oximetry - Answer Changes in arterial oxygen saturation can be continuously
monitored with this device
Endotracheal tubes - Answer Maintains an airway in patients who are unconscious or unable
to breathe on their own
80 and 120 mm Hg - Answer Sunction pressure should be set at __________
Every 2 hours - Answer Each patient with a respiratory problem or the potential for one
should turn, cough, and deep breathe how often?
