HCC Respiratory Medical Terminology

Rhinorrhea means:

• discharge from the nose

• upset stomach

• infection of the intestines

• an animal bite

Pneum/o or Pneumon/o

• Stomach, intestine

• Foot, ankle, toes

• Lung, air

• Lion, tiger, bear

Pulm/o, Pulmon/o means

• breath

• nose

• lung

• spine

Trachea/o means

• clot

• spine

• trachea

• thumb

In the word sinusitis, the word itis is a _________?

• pronoun

• prefix

• affix

• suffix

Nasal means ______.

• mouth

• ears

• mouth

• nose

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

• hemoralgia

• dyspnea

• inhalation

• apnea

Gas exchange occurs in the lungs at the alveoli

• true
• false

Tachypnea means slow breathing

• True

• False

The medical term for blood in the chest.

• hemothorax

• thorcotomy

• hemocartilage

• pneumothorax