Respiratory System

Question 1

Adenoids

Answer 1

Collection of lymph tissue in the nasopharynx

They are also called tonsils

Question 2

Apex of the lung

Answer 2

Uppermost portion of the lung

Question 3

Apical

Answer 3

Pertaining to the apex

Question 4

Base of the lung

Answer 4

Lower portion of the lung

Question 5

Bronchioles

Answer 5

Smallest branches of the bronchi

Question 6

Bronchus or

Bronchi

Answer 6

Branch from the trachea and are the air tubes that go into the lung.

They act as a passageway into the air spaces of the lung.

Question 7

Diaphragm

Answer 7

The muscle separating the chest and the abdomen

Question 8

Epiglottis

Answer 8

The lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx

Question 9

Inhalation

Answer 9

Breathing in

Question 10

Exhalation

Answer 10

Breathing out

Question 11

Larynx

Answer 11

Voice box

Question 12

Lobes of the lungs

Answer 12

Divisions of the lungs

Question 13

Mediastinum

Answer 13

The region between the lungs in the chest cavity.

Question 14

Paranasal sinuses

Answer 14

Air containing cavities in the bones near the nose

Question 15

Trachea

Answer 15

The windpipe

Question 16

Lob/o

Answer 16

Lobe of the lung

Question 17

Nas/o

Answer 17

Nose

Question 18

Phon/o

Answer 18

Voice

Question 19

Phren/o

Answer 19

Diaphragm

Question 20

Pneum/o

Answer 20

Air or lung

Question 21

Pulmon/o

Answer 21

Lung

Question 22

Croup

Answer 22

Acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants

Question 23

Epistaxis

Answer 23

Nosebleed

Question 24

Pertussis

Answer 24

Whooping cough

Question 25

Asthma

Answer 25

Bronchial airway obstruction due to spasm of bronchi

Question 26

Chronic bronchitis

Answer 26

Inflammation of the bronchi persisting for a long time

Question 27

Atelectasis

Answer 27

Incomplete expansion of the air sacs or collapsed, functionless, airless lung or portion of a lung

Question 28

Emphysema

Answer 28

An over inflation off air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls

Question 29

Pneumonia

Answer 29

An acute inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus

Question 30

Tuberculosis

Answer 30

Infectious disease caused by a bacteria

Question 31

Chest x

Question 32

Apical

Answer 32

Pertaining to the apex

Question 33

Base of the lung

Answer 33

Lower portion of the lung

Question 34

Bronchioles

Answer 34

Smallest branches of the bronchi

Question 35

Bronchus or Bronchi

Answer 35

Branch from the trachea and are the air tubes that go into the lung.

Question 36

Diaphragm

Answer 36

Muscle separating the chest and the abdomen

Question 37

Epiglottis

Answer 37

Lid like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx