MT Chapter 3 - The Respiratory System

She suffers from ______ in which breathing stops during sleep for 10 seconds.

• apnoea

• aspiration

• asthma

• cyanosis

A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes:

• haemothorax

• dysphonia

• cyanosis

• hypopnoea

Surgical repair of the nose is called:

• Sinusitis

• sputum

• rhinoplasty

• oedema

Air in the pleural cavity:

• pneumothorax

• haematothorax

• asthma

• apnoea

The suffix -pnoea means:

• diaphragm

• blood

• oxygen

• breathing

The major symptom of _________ is: abnormal decrease in the rate and depth of breathing.

• hypopnoea

• dysphonia

• pneumothorax

• sinusitis

Ventolin is a _______________ which reduces spasms and helps the patient to breathe.

• intubation

• aspiration

• bronchodilator

• emphysema

The doctor performed a _____________; that is, the surgical removal of the pharynx.

• thoracentesis

• bronchodilator

• rhinoplasty

• pharyngectomy