Med Term Blood & Respiratory System

Hemoglobin has the ability to bind with oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2)

• True

• False

Rh factor is an antigen.

• True

• False

Ox/o means:

• air

• breathe

• oxygen

• nitrogen

Which word means to pour through?

• effusion

• perfusion

• profusion

• fusion

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs in the:

• alveoli

• trachea

• bronchi

• bronchioles

Tracheostomy means:

• new opening into the voice box

• new opening in the windpipe

• incision into the trachea

• new opening into the lungs

Suffix meaning breathing.

• -pnea

• -ptysis

• -sphyxia

• -pexy

Lack of hemoglobin in the blood:

• anemia

• erythremia

• erythropenia

• erythrocyte

Root meaning chest:

• pleur/o

• spir/o

• steth/o

• abdomin/o

-blast means:

• destruction

• flare

• immature

• multiplying