Respiratory System

The process of bringing oxygen into the body is called exhalation.

• True

• False

The term that means difficult or labored breathing

• apnea

• dyspnea

• tachypnea

Pulse oximetry tests the amount of _______ in the blood.

• carbon dioxide

• sugar

• oxygen

A __________________is a device used to help keep your lungs healthy after surgery,

• Glucometer

• odometer

• Spirometer

The combining form for rhin/o refers to the __________.

The muscle that divides the thoracic cavity form the abdominal cavity is the ____________________________.

Air enters the respiratory system through the

• trachea

• larynx

• oral and nasal cavities

The combining form coni/o means _____________________.

• rib

• side

• smell

• dust

The suffix _______________means dilation.

• ectasis

• capnia

• ptysis

The suffix _________________means spitting.

• ectasis

• capnia

• ptysis

• osmia