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Respiratory System Med Term Quiz


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bradypenia

A. absence of breathing

B. slow breathing

C. fast breathing

D. normal breathing


Rhinoritis

A. inflammation of the lungs

B. inflammation of the nose

C. inflammation of the alveoli

D. inflammation of the trachea


surgical repair of a bronchial defect

A. bronchoplasty

B. bronchoscopy

C. bronchostenosis

D. bronchoplegia


If someone has dyspenia –

A. they have fast breathing

B. they have slow breathing

C. it is difficult to breath

D. they are not breathing


surgical opening of the trachea

A. tracheotomy

B. tracheorrhagia

C. thoracotomy

D. thoracectomy


You have a horrible sore throat (inflammation) of the larynx and the pharynx

A. laryngitis

B. pharryngitis

C. laryngopharyngitis

D. tracheolaryngitis


meaning chest

A. pulmon/o

B. thorac/o

C. trache/o

D. spir/o


The general term used to describe a group of respiratory conditions characterized by chronic airflow limitations can be abbreviated as:

A. SRS

B. SIDS

C. TB

D. COPD


-ectasis

A. process of recording

B. stretching out or dialation

C. breathing

D. visual examination


Hypoventilation

A. breathing pattern is too fast

B. breathing pattern is fast then slows down

C. breathing pattern is very slow, then speeds up

D. Breathing pattern is too slow and shallow


cyanosis

A. someone is dead

B. someone is breathing wrong

C. someone is blue

D. someone has cancer


paralysis of the wall of the bronchi

A. bronchorrhagia

B. bronchorrhea

C. bronchoplegia

D. bronchoscopy


meaning lung

A. pulmon/o

B. spir/o

C. sinus/o

D. thorac/o


to breathe

A. pulmon/o

B. spir/o

C. sinus/o

D. trache/o


Dr. Doolittle discovers that his patient has an inflammation of the lungs. He records this on the patients chart as:

A. Bronchitis

B. Bronchoplegia

C. Pnumonia

D. Pneumonitis


bleeding of the larnyx

A. larnygorrhagia

B. laryngitis

C. laryngrrhea

D. larynoplasty


The term meaning the abnormal narrowing of the lumen of the trachea is:

A. bronchioplasm

B. brachiostenosis

C. tracheostenosis

D. tracheocentesis


increased tissue spaces caused by destruction of alveoli

A. pneumonia

B. emphasema

C. tuberculosis

D. asthma


What is the incision of the chest?

A. tracheotomy

B. mediastinoscopy

C. dysphonia

D. thoracotomy


The term meaning an abnormal discharge from the pharynx:

A. Pharyngorrhea

B. Phlegm

C. Laryngorrhea

D. Sputum


pyothorax

A. infection of the pyo

B. puss in the chest

C. cutting into the chest

D. dilation of the pyo of the chest


Eupenia is…….

A. no breathing

B. fast breathing

C. normal breathing

D. slow breathing


Dr. McSteamy’s examination revealed that Clara Barton has an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity. This diagnosis is recorded on her chart as a(n)

A. hemothorax

B. epstaxis

C. hemostaxis

D. pleurrhaphy


labored or difficult breathing

A. dyspnea

B. hypernea

C. hypoventilation

D. hyperventilation


A disorder of the lungs called ____ causes the bronchi to become restricted (get smaller) so air can’t get to the lungs.

A. asthma

B. cold

C. influenza

D. bronchitis




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