Respiratory Vocabulary

a transient absense of spontaneous respiration

a whistling to sighing sound resulting from narrowing of the lumen of a respiratory passageway

vibratory tremors felt by palpation through the chest wall

to draw in a breath

inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane

a rattling in the throat

a collapsed or airless condition of the lungs

abnormally slow breathing rate

the initials for the disease process called chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder

very deep and labored breathing with normal or increased frewquency, fuond among people with severe acidosis

a crackling sound commonly heard in pneumonia

air hunger

a condition in which the alveoli of the lungs become distended or ruptured

an increased respiratory rate which is deeper than usual commonly occurs in exercise

sounds made between tracheal and vesicular sounds

discomfort in breathing

solidification of the lungs due to engorgement of the lung tissue, can be seen in pneumonia

tapping of the body lightly but firmly

a nasal sound heard in auscultation of the chest when a subject speaks in a normal tone

paroxysmal dyspnea accompanied by the adventitious sounds caused by a spasm of the bronchial tubes or swelling of the mucous membrane

escape of fluid into the pleural space

inflammation of the pleura

abnormal sounds produced by passage of air through bronchi which contain secretions

abnormally high respiratory rate

increased inspiration and expiration as a result of forced increased rate and/or depth