Chapter 8: Respiratory System

Question 1

epiglottis

Answer 1

epiglottis/o
The epiglottis is a flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and the lungs. It’s attached to the entrance of the larynx and stands open during breathing, allowing air to flow into the larynx. But during swallowing, it closes to force liquids or food into the esophagus instead.

Question 2

nose

Answer 2

nas/o rhin/o

Question 3

larynx

Answer 3

laryng/o voice box

Question 4

pharynx

Answer 4

pharyng/o throat

Question 5

alveoli

Answer 5

alvol/o
air sacs where gas is exchanged

Question 6

bronchi

Answer 6

bronch/o bronchi/o
main air passage The trachea, also called the windpipe, branches into a bronchus in each lung.

Question 7

bronchiole

Answer 7

bronchiol/o
smaller air passages that lead to alveoli

Question 8

alveoli

Answer 8

alveol/o
tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs in your lungs. The function of the alveoli is to move oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 9

lobe

Answer 9

lobe
The right lung has three lobes, whereas the left lung has only two lobes where gas is exchanged

Question 10

pleura

Answer 10

pleur/o
(There are two) consists of a two-layered membrane that covers each lung.

Question 11

pneum/o

Answer 11

lungs or air

Question 12

lungs

Answer 12

plum/o pulmon/o pneumon/o

Question 13

phren/o

Answer 13

diaphragm

Question 14

trachea

Answer 14

trache/o the windpipe

Question 15

oxygen

Answer 15

ox/o ox/i

Question 16

spir/o

Answer 16

to breathe

Question 17

atel/o

Answer 17

imperfect or incomplete

Question 18

coni/o

Answer 18

dust

Question 19

embolus

Answer 19

embol/o
moving clot

Question 20

-pnea

Answer 20

breathing

Question 21

silica

Answer 21

silic/o
crystals travel through their mouth and nose and deep into the lungs

Question 22

home/o

Answer 22

sameness

Question 23

-ole

Answer 23

little

Question 24

alveolar

Answer 24

pertaining to the alveoli

Question 25

aspiration

Answer 25

something goes down the wrong tube blocks air way but not completely like chocking

Question 26

bronchoscopy

Answer 26

process of viewing the lungs and airways

Question 27

dysphonia

Answer 27

speech impairment

Question 28

internasal

Answer 28

inside the nose

Question 29

laryngography

Answer 29

Xray of the larynx

Question 30

pharyngitis

Answer 30

inflammation of the pharynx

Question 31

Rhino lithiasis

Answer 31

disease in the nose Rhinolithiasis is masses that result from the deposition of salts around an intranasal foreign bod

Question 32

rhinorrhagia

Answer 32

Nosebleed

Question 33

apena

Answer 33

not breathing

Question 34

asphyxiation

Answer 34

lack or insufficiency of oxygen in the brain

Question 35

inhalation

Answer 35

in hale

Question 36

bronchoconstriction

Answer 36

is the constriction of the airways in the lungs

Question 37

phrenic

Answer 37

pertaining to the diaphragm

Question 38

exhalation

Answer 38

ex hale

Question 39

pneumonia

Answer 39

infection in the air sacs in one or both lungs

Question 40

laryngotracheobronchitis

Answer 40

inflammation of the larynx trachea and bronchi

Question 41

phlegm

Answer 41

the thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages

Question 42

rhinorrhea

Answer 42

runny nose

Question 43

rhinitis

Answer 43

inflammation of the nose

Question 44

tracheostenosis

Answer 44

narrowing of the trachea

Question 45

tachypnea

Answer 45

rapid and shallow breathing

Question 46

bradypnea

Answer 46

slow breathing

Question 47

ventilation

Answer 47

Using artificial methods to assist breathing.

Question 48

penumoconiosis

Answer 48

lung disease

Question 49

bronchodilator

Answer 49

broncho dilator

Question 50

bronchoconstriction

Answer 50

tightening of the broncho

Question 51

antitussive

Answer 51

cough suppressant

Question 52

thoracocentesis

Answer 52

remove air or fluid from the lungs

Question 53

sputum

Answer 53

saliva and mucus produced by the lungs

Question 54

mucolytic

Answer 54

drugs used to break up mucus

Question 55

sids

Answer 55

sudden infant death syndrome

Question 56

uri

Answer 56

upper raspatory tract infection

Question 57

sob

Answer 57

shortness of breath

Question 58

crap

Answer 58

continuous positive airway pressure

Question 59

copd

Answer 59

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 60

cxr

Answer 60

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