Across
- 1. difficulty breathing
- 4. bluish discoloration of skin, lips and nail beds
- 7. rapid and often shallow breathing faster than the normal range
- 10. mixture of low and high-pitched breath sounds heard over major bronchi
- 13. type of muscles other than the diaphragm and intercostals used during labored breathing
- 15. feeling short of breath when lying in reclined position
- 16. alveoli or an entire lung is collapsed and allows no air movement
- 20. decreased levels of oxygen in the blood
- 21. decreased respiratory rate
- 25. tiny air sacks in the lungs where gas exchange occurs
- 26. insufficient or decreased breathing
- 27. palpable vibrations felt on the chest wall when a person speaks
- 28. leaning forward to ease the work of breathing
Down
- 2. doctor who specializes in the respiratory system
- 3. low-pitched lung sound heard over alveoli and small bronchial airways that sound like "rustling leaves"
- 4. disfigured finger tips usually caused by chronic hypoxemia
- 5. to listen to internal sounds with a stethoscope
- 6. an equal AP-to-transverse chest diameter in patients with COPD
- 8. absence of respirations
- 9. blood-tinged secretions coughed up from the lungs
- 11. also referred to as "rales"; associated with fluid accumulation in the lungs
- 12. high-pitched hollow breath sounds heard over trachea and larynx
- 14. high-pitched lung sounds heard on inspiration or expiration often associated with asthmatic bronchospasms
- 17. general term for abnormal breath sounds
- 18. increased carbon dioxide levels in the blood
- 19. the "pulling in" of muscles between the ribs or in the neck seen in a person in respiratory distress
- 22. a pale skin color
- 23. high-pitched crowing sounds heard over the upper airway and larynx indicating obstruction
- 24. the mechanical movement of air into and out of the lungs