Chapter 7

Question 1

-ptysis

Answer 1

Spitting

Question 2

Spitting or expectoration of blood or blood stained sputum derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes

Answer 2

Hemoptysis

Question 3

Phon

Answer 3

Sound

Question 4

Any vocal impairment, including hoarseness, weakness, or the cracking of a boys voice during puberty

Answer 4

Dysphonia

Question 5

The permanent thickening of the walls of the bronchi

Answer 5

Bronchiectasis

Question 6

-ectasis

Answer 6

Stretching or enlargement

Question 7

An inflammation of the pleura that can result from trauma, tuberculosis, connective tissue disease, or an infection is known as

Answer 7

Pleurisy

Question 8

The substance ejected through the mouth that can be used for diagnostic purposes is known as

Answer 8

Sputum

Question 9

The sudden spasmodic closure of the larynx is

Answer 9

Laryngospasm

Question 10

Removal of a portion of the lung

Answer 10

Thoracotomy

Question 11

Pulmon

Answer 11

Lung

Question 12

Epixstasis

Answer 12

Nosebleed

Question 13

Surgery for a deviated septum

Answer 13

Septoplasty

Question 14

Outer layer of the pleura

Answer 14

Parietal pleura

Question 15

Walking pneumonia

Answer 15

Mycoplasma pneumonia

Question 16

Known as the windpipe

Answer 16

Trachea

Question 17

Medical term for a collapsed lung

Answer 17

Atelectasis

Question 18

Middle section of the chest cavity and is located between the lungs

Answer 18

Mediastinum

Question 19

Which condition is the progressive, long term loss of lung function usually due to smoking

Answer 19

Emphysema

Question 20

Which mechanical device is used to replace or supplement the patients natural breathing

Answer 20

Ventilator

Question 21

Which medication is used to prevent or relieve coughing

Answer 21

Antitussive

Question 22

Pertaining to the armpits

Answer 22

Axillary

Question 23

A new and abnormal growth of body tissue in which the multiplication of cells is uncontrolled, abnormal, rapid, and progressive

Answer 23

Neoplasm

Question 24

What medical term describes the process by which cancer is spread to a new site

Answer 24

Metastasis

Question 25

Which of the following causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever and is transmitted by lice, ticks, fleas, and mites?

Answer 25

Rickettsia

Question 26

Any substance that the body regards to as being foreign

Answer 26

Antigen

Question 27

Bacteria that forms a chain

Answer 27

Streptococci

Question 28

A procedure in which the cancerous tissue, as well as a margin of a normal tissue, is removed

Answer 28

Lumpectomy

Question 29

An enlarged spleen

Answer 29

Splenomegaly