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Ch 12-Respiratiry
The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tubes that branch from the windpipe (trachea): | bronchi |
| Region between the lungs in the chest: | mediastinum |
| Nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue: | adenoids |
| Air sac in the lung: | alveolus |
| Muscle separating the chest and abdomen that contracts and relaxes to make breathing possible: | diaphragm |
| Lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing: | epiglottis |
| The voice box: | larynx |
| The throat: | pharynx |
| The windpipe: | trachea |
| Double-layered membrane surrounding each lung: | pleura |
| A combining form for carbon dioxide: | capn/o |
| The combining form for dust: | coni/o |
| The combining form for voice box: | laryng/o |
| The combining form for throat: | pharyng/o |
| The combining form for voice: | phon/o |
| A combining form for lung: | pneum/o |
| A combining form for nose: | rhin/o |
| The combining form for breathing: | spir/o |
| The suffix that means smell: | -osmia |
| The suffix that means breathing: | -pnea |
| The combining form that means air sac: | alveol/o |
| The combining form that means blue: | cyan/o |
| The combining form that means straight, upright: | orth/o |
| A combining form that means chest: | pector/o |
| The combining form that means diaphragm: | phren/o |
| The combining form that means windpipe: | trache/o |
| The suffix that means spitting: | -ptysis |
| A suffix that means chest: | -thorax |
| The suffix that means condition: | -ema |
| A combining form that means lung: | pulmon/o |
| Listening to sounds within the body: | auscultation |
| Fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation when bronchi are obstructed by sputum: | rales |
| Material expelled from the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting: | sputum |
| Acute viral infection of infants and children with obstruction of the larynx, barking cough, and stridor: | croup |
| Nosebleed: | epistaxis |
| Whooping cough: | pertussis |
| Chronic dilation of a bronchus secondary to infection: | bronchiectasis |
| Large collection of pus (bacterial infection) in the lungs: | pulmonary abscess |
| Collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli: | atelectasis |
| Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls: | emphysema |
| Abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs: | pneumoconiosis |
| Fluid in the air sacs and bronchioles: | pulmonary edema |
| Clot or other material lodges in vessels of the lung: | pulmonary embolism |
| Rare malignant tumor arising in the pleura caused by asbestos exposure: | mesothelioma |
| Collection of air in the pleural space: | pneumothorax |
| Formation of scar tissue in the connective tissue of the lungs: | pulmonary fibrosis |
| Chronic inflammatory disease in which small nodules develop in lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs: | sarcoidosis |
| Tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure: | percussion |
| Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum: | rhonchi |
| Strained, high-pitched sound(s) heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx: | stridor |
| Radiographic image of the thoracic cavity: | chest x-ray |
| Detection device records radioactivity in the lung after injection of a radioisotope: | ventilation-perfusion scan |
| Fiberoptic endoscope examination of the bronchial tubes: | bronchoscopy |
| Visual examination of the voice box: | laryngoscopy |
| Endoscopic visual examination of the mediastinum: | mediastinoscopy |
| Tests that measure the ventilation mechanics of the lungs: | PFTs |
| Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space: | thoracentesis |
| Large surgical incision of the chest: | thoracotomy |
| Visual examination of the chest via small incisions and use of an endoscope: | thoracoscopy |
| Surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck: | tracheostomy |
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