| Question |
Answer |
| The condition where the bronchi of the lungs are dilated outward is: |
bronchi/ect/asis |
| The lymphoid tissues located behind the nasal cavity are called: |
tonsils "small mass or almond" |
| Both food and air travel through the: |
mouth and pharynx or throat |
| The double-sac membrane that covers each lung and lines the thoracic cavity is the: |
pleura |
| The surgical term for the puncture of the chest cavity in order to aspirate fluid is called: |
thoracocentesis |
| The medical term 'hypoxemia' |
deficient oxygen in the blood |
| The area in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged is called the: |
alveolus or cavity (alveolar sacs) |
| Pulmonary Endo/scop/y is best used --------- diseases of the Respiratory System. |
view and diagnose |
| The term Ortho/dont/ist literally means: |
straight/teeth/specialist |
| The term Eupnea actually means |
well, easy, true, normal or good breathing |
| An Upper Respiratory Infection is referred to with the Abbreviation: |
URI |
| Spiro/metry means to measure the breath and is used to evaluate: |
Lung Capacity |
| The term Dys/lexia literally means difficult or faulty: |
words "reading and writing" |
| THe term Dys/phonia actually means difficult or faulty: |
sound or voice "Hoarseness" |
| The disease of Crypto/cocc/o/sis is a _______________that can infect the lungs, skin, brain (CNS), bones, and urinary tract causing death. |
yeast-like budding fungus "no spores" |
| The disease of Aspergill/osis (to sprinkle/condition) is a soil or dust fungus that causes granular lesion on or in any body organ. Prognosis is poor like most systemic fungal infections. It is treated with: |
fungi/cidal drugs |
| The condition referred to as ________ is an acute viral infection that is usually seen in infants before 3 years of age (Y/O: years old). It occurs after an URI and causes vocal cord swelling, voice loss, hypoxia, & possible choking: |
Croup |
| Pneumonia can be caused by |
Virus, Fungus, Bacteria (all of the above) |
| Emphysema causes shortness of breath and a(n): |
Barreled Chest Look "Advanced Stages" |
| Influenza (Flu) (to influence) viruses are highly contagious airborne droplets that infect the respiratory tract for 2 to 7 (10) days. It is caused by a myxo/virus (mucus/poison). It usually kills over 20,000 people in this country each year. |
1 to 3 days |
| Kerat/o/sis, Leuk/o/plakia, Tartar, Adenoid/itis, Squamous Cell Carcin/oma, Catarrh (Coryza), Cleft Palate, Thrush, and Candid/i/asis are all conditions that are usually diagnosed with a(n) ______ |
oral or oro/pharyngeal |
| The term Dys/phasia means difficult or faulty: |
speech or utterance |
| The term Trachy/os/tom/y actually means: |
creation of an artificial mouth-like opening in the throat and neck |
| The suffix ___________ is added to word part Pneumono-/________ to refer to the surgical procedure of puncturing the lung and aspirating fluids like blood, pus, & lymph. This procedure promotes easy breathing and cell oxygenation. |
-centesis |
| The diagnostic term for pus in the pleural space in the chest is: |
pyo/thorax |
| The diagnostic term for narrowing or contraction of the larynx or voice box is: |
laryngospasm or laryngo/stenosis |
| A patient with diagnosis of blood in chest has a: |
hemo/thorax |
| When lung tissue swells as a result of distention and loss of elasticity in the alveoli, the condition is called: |
emphysema "puffed up" |
| The diagnostic abbreviation for an infection of the nose, pharynx, larynx, and trachea is: |
upper respiratory infection "URI" |
| The diagnostic term that is also referred to as whooping cough is: |
per/tussis "through/cough" |
| The diagnostic term for a chronic respiratory disease characterized by paroxysms of coughing, wheezing, panting with shortness of breath is: |
asthma "to pant" |
| Pigeon Breeders Chest is different from Pigeon Chest in that the first condition is inherited or caused by Rickets (lack of Vitamin A and D), but the latter condition is caused by a(n) ______________ etiologic agent. |
fungal |
| A term that refers to food inhalation that blocks the airway: |
aspiration "process of/without/breath" |
| The term that means difficulty in speaking or making a sound is: |
dys/phasic or dys/phonic |
| Lobar Pneumonia refers to a lung infection in: |
one or more of the 5 lobes in the 2 lungs |
| The medical term Hypo/pnea actually means: |
deficient rate and depth of breathing |
| The medical term that means containing both mucus and pus is: |
muco/purulent |
| The medical term Nebuliz/er is defined as: |
a device "one who" creates a fine spray or mist |
| The medical term Chord/itis or Cord/itis actually means: |
inflammation of the vocal cords |
| The medical term Chord/itis or Cord/itis actually means: |
puffed up |
| The medical term Asthma literally means |
panting |
| Pigeon Breeders Chest is different from Pigeon Chest in that the first condition is inherited or caused by Rickets (lack of Vitamin A and D), but the latter condition is caused by a(n) ______________ etiologic agent. |
fungal |
| A term that refers to food inhalation that blocks the airway: |
aspriation "process of/without/breath" |
| THe term that means difficulty in speaking or making a sound is: |
dys/phasic or dys/phonic |
| Lobar Pneumonia refers to a lung infection in: |
one or more of the 5 lobes in the 2 lungs |
| The medical term Hypo/pnea actually means: |
deficient rate and depth of breathing |
| The medical term that means containing both mucus and pus is: |
muco/purulent |
| The medical term Nebuliz/er is defined as: |
a device "one who" creates a fine spray or mist |
| The medical term Chord/itis or Cord/itis actually means: |
inflammation of the vocal cords |
| The medical term Emphysema literally means: |
puffed up |
| The medical term Asthma literally means: |
panting |
| Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an inherited exocrine gland disorder that causes thick secretions of ________________ to accumulation in the lungs. |
mucus and pus from respiratory infections |
| The medical term Dipther/ia literally means: |
membrane/refers |
| The medical term Pertussis actually refers to: |
whooping cough and the bacteria Bordetella pertussis |
| The disease of Histoplasmosis or Darlings Disease is a _______________ infection caused by Histoplasma acapsulatum. Bird or cat feces is the source and the disease is characterized by fever, malaise, coughing, respiratory failure, and lymph/adeno/path/y. |
fungus or fungus spore |
| The Schick Skin Test is used to detect _______________, which is caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. |
Diptheria |
| The Mantoux Skin Test is used to diagnose: |
Tuberculosis "Mycobacterim tuberculosis rod-shaped bacteria" |
| Anthrax infections (Bacillus anthracis bacteria) are classified as infecting the: |
Pulmonary System (lungs); Digestive System (intestines); Cutaneous System (skin) (all of the above) |
| Bronchitis often progresses to a more severe lung condition called _____________________, which was the leading world killer around 1900 A.D. |
Pneumonia |
| Tuberculosis (worlds leading killer) is caused by a bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and causes bacteria colony swellings (tubers) in the lungs and other body parts. TB infects approximately ___________ People. |
2 Billion of the worlds 6 billion |
| The Etiologic Agent (E.A.) or causative agent that is responsible for Anthrax is: |
Bacillus anthracis |
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