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WorksheetsHCC Respiratory Medical Terminology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 4mins
Rhinorrhea means:
discharge from the nose
upset stomach
infection of the intestines
an animal bite
Pneum/o or Pneumon/o
Stomach, intestine
Foot, ankle, toes
Lung, air
Lion, tiger, bear
Pulm/o, Pulmon/o means
breath
nose
lung
spine
Trachea/o means
clot
spine
trachea
thumb
In the word sinusitis, the word itis is a _________?
pronoun
prefix
affix
suffix
Nasal means ______.
mouth
ears
mouth
nose
The patient is having problems breathing. A medical term for this is...
hemoralgia
dyspnea
inhalation
apnea
Tachypnea means slow breathing
True
False
The medical term for blood in the chest.
hemothorax
thorcotomy
hemocartilage
pneumothorax
Blue skin caused by low oxygen in blood is called...
cyanosis
epistaxis
rales
cyanecstasis
The accumulation of gas (or air) in the pleural space causing the lung to collapse from the outside is called...
atelectasis
acute pulmonary distress syndrome
pulmonary edema
pneumothorax
The patient has COPD. This is...
clotted up pulmonary diets
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
rhinitis
a type of pneumonia
ARDS is the abbreviation for...
atelectasis
acute pulmonary distress syndrome
pulmonary edema
pneumothorax
What does the suffix -ectomy mean?
excision, removal
operation on
incision into
addition
The combining form acr/o means
swelling
nerves
tissue
extremities
The combining for rhin/o means
bone
large animal
nose
joint
The suffixes -ac, and -ic mean
life
without, lack of
pertaining to
cut
The medical term thoracic means...
pertaining to pancreas
pertaining to self
pertaining to ribs
pertaining to chest
The suffix -algia means
pain
rupture
flow, discharge
to suture
The suffix that means surgical incision, process of cutting into is...
-plasty
-ectomy
-tomy
-stomy
The suffix -scope means
instrument used for examination
study of something
visual examination
process of recording
The suffix for process of visual examination is
-scope
-scopy
-stasis
-tomy
To indicate under, the best prefix to use would be:
a-
para-
sub-
uni-
The respiratory system is responsible for both delivering oxygen to the body as well as taking away...
Waste
Blood Plasma
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
