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Chapter 8: Respiratory System
Bacterial or viral infection of the lungs. The alveoli become inflamed, causing accumulation of fluid or pus. Bacterial infections are more severe. Signs and symptoms are fever, chills, productive cough (mucous is produced), malaise, dyspnea, tachypnea, chest pain, and dehydration.
pneumonia (noo-MOˉ -nˉe-˘a)
Condition in which air collects in the intrapleural space causing complete or partial collapse of the lungs; categorized as open, closed, spontaneous, or tension and commonly called collapsed lung .
pneumothorax (noo-moˉ-THOˉ -r˘aks)
Lung
Air in pleural space
Sudden obstruction of a pulmonary blood vessel by debris, blood clots, or other matter.
pulmonary embolism (PE) (PU˘L-moˉ-n˘e-rˉe E˘M-boˉ-l˘ı-zum)
Pulmonary embolism
Contagious infection caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis organism, primarily affecting the lungs but sometimes also spreading to and affecting other organ systems. Spread by droplets, its signs and symptoms are coughing up blood (hemoptysis), chronic cough, fever, weight loss, and night sweats. Coarse, gurgling sound heard in the lungs with a stethoscope, caused by secretions in the air passages.
pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) (PU˘L-moˉ-n˘e-rˉe too-b˘er-kuˉ-LOˉ -s˘ıs)
rhonchi (RO˘NG-kˉı )
Respiratory disease caused by chronic or repetitive inhalation of silica (quartz) dust.
silicosis (s˘ı l-˘ı -KOˉ -s˘ıs)
Inflammation of the lining of the sinus cavities.
sinusitis (sˉı -nu˘s-ˉI -t˘ıs)
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