HOSA Pathophysiology Respiratory Exam with Correct Solutions 2024/2025

HOSA Pathophysiology Respiratory Exam with Correct Solutions 2024 symptons of respiratory tract problems - Answer -chest pain,dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, dysphonia, chills, fever, wheezing fatigue common cold/uri - Answer -acute inflammation that affects the mucous membrane of the urt sinusitis - Answer -acute/chronic inflammation of the mucous membranes of the paranasal sinuses pharyngitis/sore throat - Answer -acute/chronic inflammation/infection of the pharynx lymphadenopathy - Answer -Any disease process affecting a lymph node or nodes Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - Answer -a cancer that arises from epithelium of the nasopharynx, rare in US, common in southern China, most pts with enlarged cervical lymph nodes, 4 histopathologic patterns are seen epistaxis - Answer -Nosebleed laryngitis - Answer -inflammation of the larynx causes aphonia deviated septem - Answer -crooked cartilage partition between the nostrils nasal polyps - Answer -benign growths that form as a consequence of distended mucous membranes protruding into the nasal cavity anosmia - Answer -loss/impairment of the sense of smell tumors of the larynx - Answer -benign/malignant; , growths or tumors on the larynx, e benign or malignant, dysphonia is usually the only symptom of a tumor on the larynx, in children w tumors, a highpitched stridor is present because of their small airways, laryngeal cancer - Answer -Cancer of the throat is cancer of the vocal chords, voice box (larynx), or other areas of the throat TNM system - Answer -Tumor, Node, Metastasis - dveloped by American Joint Committee on Cancer, system to describe the general anatomic extent of cancers. not useful for leukemia or lymphomas hemoptysis - Answer -Coughing up blood exsanguination - Answer -Loss of blood to the point where life can no longer be sustained. atelectasis - Answer -Collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli