Medical terminology: Review of Respiratory System Terms

Medical terminology: Review of Respiratory System Terms

Multiple Choice

Pertaining to the air sacs:

• Adenoid

• Alveolar

• Tonsillar

Multiple Choice

Smallest branches of the airways:

• Trachea

• Bronchi

• Bronchioles

Multiple Choice

Condition of excess carbon dioxide:

• cyanosis

• pneumoconiosis

• hypercapnia

Multiple Choice

Condition of decreased oxygen, results in cyanosis:

• hypoxia

• dysphonia

• orthopnea

Multiple Choice

The phrenic nerve causes the _____________ to move:

• mediastinum

• diaphragm

• pharynx

Multiple Choice

Which combining form does NOT pertain to the lung?

• pneum/o

• pleur/o

• pneumon/o

• pulmon/o

Multiple Choice

A spirometer measures:

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• breathing

Multiple Choice

atelectasis (a/tel/ectasis)

• complete expansion

• incomplete expansion

Multiple Choice

fast breathing:

• apnea

• dyspnea

• tachypnea

• hyperpnea

Multiple Choice

lack of pulse:

• asphyxia

• apnea

• expiration