med term

Question 1

laryng

Answer 1

larynx/throat

Question 2

nas/o

Answer 2

nose

Question 3

pharng/o

Answer 3

throat pharynx

Question 3

phon/o

Answer 3

sound, voice

Question 4

pleur/o

Answer 4

pleura side of body

Question 5

pnea

Answer 5

breathing

Question 6

pneum/o pneumon/o

Answer 6

lung, air

Question 7

pulm/o pulmon

Answer 7

lung

Question 8

somno

Answer 8

sleep

Question 9

spir/o

Answer 9

breathe

Question 10

thorac/o thorax

Answer 10

chest, pleural cavity

Question 11

wall of cartilage that devides the nose into two equal sctions

Answer 11

nasal septum

Question 12

located in the frontal bone just above the eyebrows

Answer 12

frontal sinuses

Question 13

largest of the paranasal sinuses

Answer 13

maxillary sinuses

Question 14

posterior to the nasal cavity and continues downward to behind the mouth

Answer 14

nasopharynx

Question 15

larynx

Answer 15

voicebox

Question 16

lid like structure loactated at the base of the tounge

Answer 16

epiglottis

Question 17

transport air to and from the lungs

Answer 17

trachea

Question 18

smallest branches of the bronchi

Answer 18

broncicholes

Question 18

air sacs that are very small grapelike clusters found at the end of each broncichole

Answer 18

aveoli

Question 19

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

Answer 19

mediastinum

Question 20

thin most slippery membrane that covrs the outer surface of the lungs and lines the inner surface of the thoracic cavity

Answer 20

pleura

Question 21

a dome shaped sheet of muscle that seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen.

Answer 21

diaphgram

Question 21

a group of lung diseases in which the bronchial airflow is obstructed making it difficult to breathe out

Answer 21

COPD

Question 22

disease where the airways have become inflamed due to recurent exposure to an inhaled irritant, usually cigarrette smoke

Answer 22

chronic bronchitis

Question 23

progressive long term loss of lung function usually due to smoking

Answer 23

emphysema

Question 24

chronnic inflammatory disease of the bronchial tubes often triggered by an allegric reaction

Answer 24

asthma

Question 25

a contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles.

Answer 25

bronchospasm

Question 26

nosebleed

Answer 26

epistaxis

Question 27

influenza

Answer 27

flu

Question 28

known as whooping cough and is a contagious bacteral infection of the upper respiratory tract that is a paroxysmal cough

Answer 28

pertussis

Question 29

pharyngitis

Answer 29

sore throat

Question 30

inflammation of the pleura

Answer 30

pleurisy

Question 31

excess acumalation of fluid in the pleural space

Answer 31

pleural effusion

Question 32

collection of pus in any body cavity

Answer 32

empyema

Question 33

collapsed lung is the incomplete expansion od part or all of a lung do to a blockge of the air passages or pneumothorax

Answer 33

atelactasis

Question 34

caused by inahling silica dust in the lungs and usuall occurs after working in occupatios

Answer 34

sillcosis

Question 35

a life threathening genetic disorder in which the lungs and pancreas are clgged ith large abnrmally thick mucus.

Answer 35

cystic fibrosis

Question 36

irregular pattern of breathing either rapid or shallow

Answer 36

cheyne-stokes respiration

Question 37

shallow or slow breathing

Answer 37

hypopnea

Question 38

the exectoration of blood or blood stained septum derived from the lungs or bronchialtubes as the result blah

Answer 38

hemoptysis

Question 39

absence of oxygen from the bodys tissues and organs even though there is a adequete flow of bloood

Answer 39

anoxia

Question 40

sleep study measures physicological activity during sleep and often performed to see defects.

Answer 40

polysomnography

Question 41

an external moniter place\d on the patients fingetips or earlobe to measure the oxygen and saturation level in their blood

Answer 41

pulse omiter

Question 42

cough medicine used to relive or prevent coughing

Answer 42

antitusive

Question 43

an inhaled medication that relaxes and expands the bronchial passages into the lungs

Answer 43

bronchilatador

Question 44

an electronic devide that pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into MIST

Answer 44

nebulizer

Question 45

is a surgical incision into the chest wall to open the pleural cavity for biobsy or treatment

Answer 45

thoractomy

Question 46

administrated when the patient is unable to maintain an adequate blood oxygen satuartion level from breathing normal air

Answer 46

supplemental oxygen