Medical Terminology Respiratory System

The patient has with complaints of a chronic stuffy nose. He needs to see a..

• Pulmonologist
• Otolaryngologist
• Allergist
• hematologist

The patient has COPD. This is

• clotted up pulmonary diets
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• rhinitis
• a type of pneumonia

The patient is having problems breathing. A medical term for this is...

• Hemoralgia
• Dyspnea
• malcarbona
• apnea

The patient has COPD. He should see a...

• allergist
• hematologist
• pulmonologist
• ENT

Another name for an Otolaryngologist is

• EMT
• Rhinologist
• ENT
• Ear Doctor

 due to inadequate amounts of gas in the alveoli), resulting in the lungs collapse. 

• atelectasis
• acute pulmonary distress syndrome
• pulmonary edema
• pneumothorax

Accumulation of fluid in the lungs is known as 

• atelectasis
• acute pulmonary distress syndrome
• pulmonary edema
• pneumothorax

the accumulation of gas (or air) in the pleural space causing the lung to collapse from the outside.

• atelectasis
• acute pulmonary distress syndrome
• pulmonary edema
• pneumothorax

ARDS

• atelectasis
• acute pulmonary distress syndrome
• pulmonary edema
• pneumothorax

ARDS can also be associated with bleeding from the lungs  which is called___

• pneumorrhagia
• acute pulmonary distress syndrome
• pulmonary edema
• pneumothorax