Module 5: The Respiratory System

Question 1

Pneum-

Answer 1

Air/gas

Question 2

Pneumon-

Answer 2

Lung

Question 3

Pneumonectomy

Answer 3

Surgical removal of the lung

Question 4

Thorac-

Answer 4

Thorax or chest

Question 5

Thoracotomy

Answer 5

Cutting into the chest

Question 6

Bronch-

Answer 6

Bronchus

Question 7

Bronchoscopy

Answer 7

Visual examination of the bronchus

Question 8

Laryng-

Answer 8

Larynx (voice box)

Question 9

Laryngectomy

Answer 9

Excision of larynx

Question 10

Nas- and rhin-

Answer 10

Nose

Question 11

Rhinoplasty

Answer 11

Repair of nose

Question 12

Pharyng-

Answer 12

Pharynx (membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the oesophagus)

Question 13

Pharyngitis

Answer 13

Inflammation of pharynx

Question 14

Pneumonectomy

Answer 14

Excision of lung

Question 15

Pulmon-

Answer 15

Lung

Question 16

Pulmonary

Answer 16

Pertaining to the lung

Question 17

Thoracotomy

Answer 17

Cutting into the chest

Question 18

Trache-

Answer 18

Trachea

Question 19

Tracheostomy

Answer 19

Artificial opening of trachea

Question 20

-stomy

Answer 20

Artificial mouthlike opening, as in colostomy (artificial opening into the colon; a surgical operation to bring the colon out onto the abdominal wall)

Question 21

-tomy

Answer 21

Cutting into, as in laparotomy (cutting into the abdomen)

Question 22

A-

Answer 22

Without

Question 23

Dys-

Answer 23

Difficult/painful

Question 24

Inter-

Answer 24

Between

Question 25

-centesis

Answer 25

Surgical puncture to remove fluid (e.g. Amniocentesis)

Question 26

-plasty

Answer 26

Surgical repair

Question 27

-pnoea

Answer 27

Breath

Question 28

-ptysis

Answer 28

Spitting (coughing)

Question 29

-scope

Answer 29

Lighted instrument to view/examine

Question 30

-scopy

Answer 30

Examination/technique of viewing with a lighted instrument

Question 31

-scopist

Answer 31

Person who performs the examination

Question 32

Dys-

Answer 32

Difficult, painful

Question 33

-rrhoea

Answer 33

Excessive flow

Question 34

-rrhagia

Answer 34

Bursting forth

Question 35

-rrhaphy

Answer 35

Suture/stitch

Question 36

-stenosis

Answer 36

(abnormal condition of) narrowing

Question 37

Hyper

Answer 37

Above normal/high

Question 38

Hypo

Answer 38

Below normal/low

Question 39

Apnoea

Answer 39

Cessation of breathing

Question 40

Dyspnoea

Answer 40

Difficulty breathing

Question 41

Tachypnoea

Answer 41

Rapid breathing

Question 42

Haemoptysis

Answer 42

Coughing up blood

Question 43

Haemothorax

Answer 43

Blood in the pleural cavity (the thin fluid filled space between the two pulmonary pleurae (known as visceral and parietal) of each lung

Question 44

Pleura

Answer 44

Serous membrane which folds back onto itself to form a two-layered membranous pleural sac

Question 45

Serous

Answer 45

Of, resembling, or producing serum

Question 46

Serum

Answer 46

The clear liquid that can be separated from clotted blood (differs from plasma, the liquid part of normal unclotted blood)

Question 47

Laryngotomy

Answer 47

Cutting into the larynx

Question 48

Laryngectomy

Answer 48

Excision of the larynx

Question 49

Rhinitis

Answer 49

Inflammation of the nose

Question 50

Rhinoplasty

Answer 50

Repair of the nose

Question 51

Rhinorrhoea

Answer 51

Watery discharge from the nose

Question 52

Tracheostomy

Answer 52

Artificial opening of the trachea

Question 53

Tracheotomy

Answer 53

Cutting into the trachea

Question 54

Asphyxia

Answer 54

Condition of prevention of breath and therefore lack of oxygen/suffocation

Question 55

Asthma

Answer 55

Spasm and narrowing of bronchi leading to airway obstruction

Question 56

Atelectasis

Answer 56

Collapsed lung

Question 57

Atel-

Answer 57

Incomplete

Question 58

-ectasis

Answer 58

Dilatation

Question 59

Epistaxis

Answer 59

Nose bleed

Question 60

Emphysema

Answer 60

A type of chronic obstructive airways disease (COAD)

Question 61

COAD

Answer 61

Chronic obstructive airways disease

Question 62

Pneumonia/ pneumonitis

Answer 62

Inflammation of the lungs

Question 63

Tuberculosis

Answer 63

Infectious disease of lungs caused by bacteria

Question 64

Coryza

Answer 64

Common cold

Question 65

Pleurisy

Answer 65

Inflammation of the pleura

Question 66

URTI

Answer 66

Upper Respiratory Tract Infection