Medical Terminology Respiratory

The term meaning abnormally rapid deep breathing __________

• hyperventilation

• tracheoplasty

• exhalation

• laryngospasm

laryng/o

• blue

• carries air into the lungs

• incomplete

• voice box

bronch/o

• blue

• lung

• carries air into the lungs

• throat

preum/o

• lung

• oxygen

• chest

• breathing

Pneumonia affects the lungs in which of the following ways?

• By causing the airways to narrow and making it hard to breathe

• By filling the alveoli with fluid or pus, making gas exchange difficult

• By hardening the alveoli, making them less elastic

• By reducing the capacity of the blood to carry oxygen

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a term that describes which of the following conditions?

• Heart failure and kidney disease

• Emphysema and chronic bronchitis

• Asthma and tuberculosis

• Lung cancer and pneumonia

ox/o

• oxygen

• rapid

• chest

• blue

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trache/o

• lung

• breathing

• windpipe

• voice sounds

pulmon/o

• lung

• oxygen

• windpipe

• chest

pnea

• breathing

• chest

• multilayered membrane

• enlargement