Terminologies used in Respiratory System

• Acute: Serve or with a brief and abrupt beginning.
• Airway: Tubes used to enter and exit the lungs.
• Alveoli: Tiny air sac-like area in the lung where exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen takes place
• Antibiotic: A medication that either kills or stops the growth of bacteria
• Antibodies: The immune system of the body creates a specific protein that binds to an outside protein.
• Asthma: A respiratory condition marked by airway narrowing, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and labored breathing are common symptoms.
• Bronchiole: The lungs' smaller airways
• Bronchiolitis: Bronchiole inflammation that is typically brought on by a viral infection
• Bronchodilator: A medication that unwinds the smooth muscles in the airways and eases bronchial constriction
• Bronchopulmonary: Pertaining to the airways and lungs.
• Capillaries: Arterioles and venules are connected by capillary networks, the smallest blood vessels.
• Cell: The simplest unit that can live as a separate living system and the fundamental component of all living things.
• Chronic: Long-lasting and repeated a lot
• Cyanosis: Bluish skin tone as a result of low blood oxygen levels
• Emphysema: A chronic lung condition that results in the alveoli being permanently destroyed.
• Genetic: Genetic material inherited from one or both parents
• Inflammation:The body's tissue reacts to injury by swelling, turning red, and hurting.
• Progressive: Increasing in severity
• Pleurisy: Pleura, the lining of the lungs, and the chest cavity swelling
• Pneumonia: Lungs' inflammation
• Pneumothorax: Accumulation of air or gas that causes the lung to partially or completely collapse in the space between it and the chest wall
• Positive pressure ventilation: A mechanical respirator supplying oxygen under pressure
• Mucus: A viscous fluid secreted by the lining of some body organs.
• Pulmonary: In relation to the lungs
• Wheezing: Breathing with a whistling or raspy sound, a tightening or obstruction of the airways.
• Ventilation: Air movement between the lungs and the atmosphere enables the alveoli to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide.
• Ventilator: A breathing apparatus that promotes ventilation in order to treat respiratory failure
• Respiratory failure: Incapacity of the lungs to exchange gas
• Symptom: Any indication of disease noticed or felt by a patient, in contrast, a sing of an illness is an illness and objective.
• Symptomatic treatment: Therapy that treats symptoms but ignores underlying disease causes
• Risk factors: Habits, characteristics, or environmental factors in a person or environment that are linked to a higher risk of disease.
• Respiration: The mechanical process of breathing, gas exchange, and the transportation of oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cell are all components of the process of exchanging oxygen from the air for carbon dioxide from the body.
• Surfactant: The fluid that the alveoli secrete helps to make pulmonary tissue more elastic by lowering the surface tension of pulmonary fluids.
• Respiratory distress syndrome: The newborn must fight for every breath due to this lung condition, and the skin turns blue as a result of the infant's inability to get enough oxygen. An adult may also be impacted.
• Pathophysiology: Altered performance in a person or organ as a result of illness.
• Oxygen: It is a colorless, odorless gas that makes up about 20 percent of the air we breathe and is necessary for all chemical reactions in the body's cells.
• Mechanical ventilation: Use of a ventilator or respirator to facilitate better airflow between the lungs and environment.

 References

• Mandal, G. (August 2013). A Textbook of Adult Health Nursing (2nd ed.). Dilllibazar kathmandu: Makalu publication house. Retrieved August 2013
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