Medical Terminology Chapter 7 Respiratory System

Which word root means lung?

• pneum

• bronch

• pleur

• thorac

What does -pnea mean?

• breathing

• sleeping

• pleura

• windpipe

Which word part means "throat"?

• laryng/o

• trache/o

• bronch/o

• thorac/o

What does the word root spir mean?

• sound

• to sleep

• sinus

• to breathe

What is the cavity between the lungs?

• mediastinum

• pleural cavity

• thorax

• parietal pleura

Which term refers to a group of lung diseases characterized by obstructed air flow?

• chronic bronchitis

• asthma

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• emphysema

Which condition may be triggered by an allergic reaction?

• chronic bronchitis

• asthma

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• emphysema

While walking in the woods, Alex Sanders suddenly has trouble catching his breath and feels like the muscles in his chest are contracting as he struggles to breathe. Which term best describes this involuntary contraction?

• bronchiectasis

• bronchorrhea

• bronchiolitis

• bronchospasm

Miranda is concerned by her infant son's loud, barking cough. She believes it may be a sign of what condition?

• epistaxis

• bronchospasm

• laryngitis

• croup

A person who was stabbed in the chest is most at risk for which condition?

• epistaxis

• empyema

• hemothorax

• hemoptysis