Disorders in Respiratory System

Acute viral infection of infants and children with obstruction of the larynx, accompanied by barking cough and stridor?

• croup

• diphtheria

• epistaxis

• pertussis

Acute infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract caused by the diphtheria bacterium?

• epistaxis

• diphtheria

• pertussis

• asthma

Nosebleed?

• epistaxis

• pertussis

• diphtheria

• croup

Whooping cough; highly contagious bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea caused by Bordetella pertussis?

• epistaxis

• diphtheria

• croup

• pertussis

Chronic bronchial inflammatory disorder with airway obstruction due to bronchial edema and constriction and increased mucus production?

• cystic fibrosis (CF)

• diphtheria

• asthma

• pertussis

Inherited disorder of exocrine glands resulting in thick mucus secretions in the respiratory tract that do not drain normally?

• asthma

• diphtheria

• cystic fibrosis (CF)

• emphysema

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls?

• emphysema

• pneumonia

• pulmonary edema

• Pulmonary embolism

  (PE)

Acute inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction

• pulmonary edema

• emphysema

• pneumonia

• mesothelioma

Fluid in air sacs and bronchioles?

• pleural effusion

• pulmonary edema

• pneumonia

• pneumothorax

Clot or other material lodges in vessels of the lungs?

• Pulmonary embolism

  (PE)

• mesothelioma

• pleural effusion

• pneumothorax