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HCC Respiratory Medical Terminology

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rhinorrhea means:

a)

discharge from the nose

b)

upset stomach

c)

infection of the intestines

d)

an animal bite

2.

Pneum/o or Pneumon/o

a)

Stomach, intestine

b)

Foot, ankle, toes

c)

Lung, air

d)

Lion, tiger, bear

3.

Pulm/o, Pulmon/o means

a)

breath

b)

nose

c)

lung

d)

spine

4.

Trachea/o means

a)

clot

b)

spine

c)

trachea

d)

thumb

5.

In the word sinusitis, the word itis is a _________?

a)

pronoun

b)

prefix

c)

affix

d)

suffix

6.

Nasal means ______.

a)

mouth

b)

ears

c)

mouth

d)

nose

7.

The patient is having problems breathing. A medical term for this is...

a)

hemoralgia

b)

dyspnea

c)

inhalation

d)

apnea

8.
Gas exchange occurs in the lungs at the alveoli
a)
true
b)
false
9.

Tachypnea means slow breathing

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The medical term for blood in the chest.

a)

hemothorax

b)

thorcotomy

c)

hemocartilage

d)

pneumothorax

11.

Blue skin caused by low oxygen in blood is called...

a)

cyanosis

b)

epistaxis

c)

rales

d)

cyanecstasis

12.

The accumulation of gas (or air) in the pleural space causing the lung to collapse from the outside is called...

a)

atelectasis

b)

acute pulmonary distress syndrome

c)

pulmonary edema

d)

pneumothorax

13.

The patient has COPD. This is...

a)

clotted up pulmonary diets

b)

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

c)

rhinitis

d)

a type of pneumonia

14.

ARDS is the abbreviation for...

a)

atelectasis

b)

acute pulmonary distress syndrome

c)

pulmonary edema

d)

pneumothorax

15.

What does the suffix -ectomy mean?

a)

excision, removal

b)

operation on

c)

incision into

d)

addition

16.

The combining form acr/o means

a)

swelling

b)

nerves

c)

tissue

d)

extremities

17.

The combining for rhin/o means

a)

bone

b)

large animal

c)

nose

d)

joint

18.

The suffixes -ac, and -ic mean

a)

life

b)

without, lack of

c)

pertaining to

d)

cut

19.

The medical term thoracic means...

a)

pertaining to pancreas

b)

pertaining to self

c)

pertaining to ribs

d)

pertaining to chest

20.

The suffix -algia means

a)

pain

b)

rupture

c)

flow, discharge

d)

to suture

21.

The suffix that means surgical incision, process of cutting into is...

a)

-plasty

b)

-ectomy

c)

-tomy

d)

-stomy

22.

The suffix -scope means

a)

instrument used for examination

b)

study of something

c)

visual examination

d)

process of recording

23.

The suffix for process of visual examination is

a)

-scope

b)

-scopy

c)

-stasis

d)

-tomy

24.

To indicate under, the best prefix to use would be:

a)

a-

b)

para-

c)

sub-

d)

uni-

25.

The respiratory system is responsible for both delivering oxygen to the body as well as taking away...

a)

Waste

b)

Blood Plasma

c)

Carbon Monoxide

d)

Carbon Dioxide