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WorksheetsChapter 4 Respitory System Part II
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The suffix stomy means:
a. excision
b. incision
c. creation of an artificial opening
d. inspiration
The suffix centesis means:
a. surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
b. expiration of air
c. inspiration of air
d. constriction
A suffix that means an instrument used to measure is:
a. graph
b. meter
c. scope
d. tome
A sudden involuntary muscle contraction is a:
a. sympathetic response
b. lingual
c. spasm
d. carina
The suffix ectomy means:
a. cut into, incision
b. to drain, aspirate
c. cut out; excision
d. to examine
The suffix ________, means a specialist or physician who studies and treats.
a. genic
b. logist
b. iatry
d. logy
The suffix itis means:
a. fixation
b. dilation
c. constriction
d. inflammation
Which of the following suffixes means dilation, expansion:
a. emia
b. ectasis
c. plasty
d. pexy
The term scope is a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. combining form
d. eponym
Susan arrives at the clinic with rapid breathing. She is suffering from a condition called:
a. bradypnea
b. hypercapnic
c. tachypnea
d. hypoxia
An instrument used to measure the level of oxygen in the blood is called:
a. laryngoscope
b. spirometer
c. capnometer
d. oximeter
Which of the following words is misspelled:
a. bronchiectasis
b. nasopharyngeal
c. laryngopharynx
d. diafragmatocele
The word hemothorax means:
a. pain in the chest cavity
b. blood in the chest cavity
c. blood in the lung
d. pain in the lung
Atelectasis means:
a. narrowing, constriction of the lung
b. incision into the chest cavity
c. incomplete expansion of the lung
d. hernia of the lung
Creation of an artificial opening into the trachea is:
a. tracheotomy
b. tracheostenosis
c. tracheostomy
d. tracheoplasty
Another term for rhinorrhagia is:
a. hemothorax
b. rhinorrhea
c. epistaxis
c. hemoptysis
The word thoracentesis means:
a. dilation, expansion of the chest cavity
*b. surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the chest cavity
c. visual examination of the pleura
d. surgical fixation of the lung
the term that means an inability to sleep is:
a. oropharynx
b. orthopnea
c. apnea
d. insomnia
Which of the following is classified as COPD?
a. asthma
b. emphysema
c. tonsillitis
d. pneumonia
An excision of a lobe of the lung is referred to as:
a. laryngectomy
b. thoracotomy
c. lobectomy
d. pneumonectomy
_________is used to find out how well lungs are working by measuring air volum
a. auscultation
b. oximetry
c. spirometry
d. capnography
The term hypoxia means:
a. condition of deficient carbon dioxide
b. condition of deficient oxygen
c. condition of excessive carbon dioxide
d. condition of excessive oxygen
A _________ is a doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases of the respiratory system.
a. otolaryngologist
b. audiologist
c. pulmonologist
d. cardiologist
A condition of having difficulty speaking due to hoarseness:
a. dysphonia
b. aphonia
c. lingual
d. anosmia
Surgical repair of the nose is:
a. thoracele
b. sinusitis
c. hemoptysis
d. rhinoplasty
