Pulmonary Terminology

2. A pressure measurement during mechanical ventilation that is taken during an inspiratory pause at peak inspiration.
3. A process of measuring and monitoring the amount of carbon dioxide in exhaled air.
4. A negative pressure ventilator that was invented in the 1920s that was primarily used to treat patients with polio.
5. The coughing up of blood from the respiratory tract.
9. The accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity that occurs from a traumatic thoracic injury.
10. A traumatic injury where a portion of the rib cage is fractured and becomes detached from the chest wall.
12. Microscopic grape-like structures in the airways of your lungs. Gas exchange takes place in these air sacs.
13. A collection of mucus that results in an occlusion of the airway.
14. An organ in the anterior neck that helps produce sound and protects the vocal cords and trachea.
15. A procedure that involves the removal of an endotracheal tube from the trachea.
17. Paradoxus An abnormal decrease in blood pressure with each inspiratory effort.
19. A small, handheld device that uses positive expiratory pressure and vibrations to help clear mucus from the lungs.

1. Lung disease that can develop after inhaling asbestos fibers. It may cause scar tissue to surround the lungs.
2. A body position where the patient lies face down with their back up.
6. Medicine that dilates or opens up the airways in your lungs. You may get it from a nebulizer, inhaler, or oral pill.
7. A condition that occurs when air leaks into the pleural space of the thorax that results in a collapsed lung.
8. Also known as rales, are abnormal sounds that are heard as air moves through secretions in the small or middle airways of the lungs.
9. A condition characterized by elevated carbon dioxide levels in the blood.
11. Sample of blood drawn from an artery, most often near the wrist. This measures acid-base balance (pH), carbon dioxide (PaCO2), oxygen (PaO2), and oxygen saturation (SaO2).
16. An aerosol delivery device that creates particles out of a liquid medication to facilitate absorption in the airways of the lungs.
18. The abnormal bulging of the jugular veins in a patient’s neck that is often a sign of heart failure.