A _____________ is an instrument used to examine the bronchi.
a. spirogram
b. bronchoscope
c. laryngoscope
d. spirometer
b. bronchoscope
The medical term for fast breathing is:
a. bradycardia
b. tachycardia
c. tachypnea
d. bradypnea
c. tachypnea
A whistling sound caused by obstruction of the air passageway is termed:
a. Cheyne-Stokes
b. rale
c. stridor
d. wheeze
d. wheeze
The suffix -ptysis means
a. blood
b. process
c. to spit
d. breathing
c. to spit
__________ are important in determining respiratory acidosis and/or alkalosis as well as metabolic acidosis and/or alkalosis.
a. arterial blood gases
b. pulmonary function test
c. acid-fast bacilli
d. antistreptolysin O
a. arterial blood gases
What is the medical word for the process of smelling?
a. oxygenation
b. inhalation
c. olfaction
d. aspiration
c. olfaction
In the term orthopnea, the combining form orth/o means:
a. flow
b. narrow
c. straight
d. stroke
c. straight
All of the following are organs of the respiratory system except:
a. nose
b. pharynx
c. lungs
d. tonsils
d. tonsils
The root phon means
a. signal
b. delivery
c. transmission
d. voice
d. voice
Which of the follow terms means a deficiency of oxygen in the inspired air?
a. hemoptysis
b. inhalation
c. eupnea
d. hypoxia
d. hypoxia
What is imperfect dilation of the lungs; the collapse of an alveolus, a lobule, or a larger lung unit called
a. atelectasis
b. asphyxia
c. asthma
d. aspiration
a. atelectasis
The combining form pneum/o means
a. air
b. breathing
c. lung
d. air and lung
d. air and lung
Inflammation of the lung caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or chemical irritants is called
a. bronchitis
b. lungitis
c. pneumonia
d. layrngitis
c. pneumonia
In the term pneumoconiosis, the combining form con/i means:
a. mold
b. air
c. dust
d. cone
c. dust
The medical term for black lung is
a. asphyxia
b. alveolus
c. anthracosis
d. anthraxosis
c. anthracosis
A disease of the bronchi characterized by wheezing, dyspnea, and a feeling of constriction in the chest is:
a. apnea
b. phonia
c. asthma
d. anoxia
c. asthma
The combining form thorac/o means
a. lungs
b. trachea
c. windpipe
d. chest
d. chest
Pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity is called:
a. epistaxis
b. emphysema
c. empyema
d. rhonchus
c. empyema
The suffix -dynia means
a. condition
b. pressure
c. pain
d. pleasure
c. pain
In the term rhonchus, the root rhonch means:
a. wheeze
b. cough
c. snore
d. smell
c. snore
The musculomembranous wall that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavity is called:
a. septum
b. diaphragm
c. hilum
d. mediastinum
b. diaphragm
The musculomembranous wall that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavity is called:
a. septum
b. diaphragm
c. hilum
d. mediastinum
b. diaphragm
The surgical repair of the nose is called:
a. rhinorrhagia
b. rhinoplasty
c. rhinorrhea
d. rhinotomy
b. rhinoplasty
A term used to describe a contagious disease caused by a bacillus and carried in airborne particles is:
a. pneumonia
b. tuberculosis
c. apnea
d. asthma
b. tuberculosis
The root in the term dysphonia means:
a. diaphragm
b. breathing
c. difficult
d. voice
d. voice
An inherited disease that affects the pancreas, respiratory system, and sweat gland is:
a. cystic fibrosis
b. croup
c. emphysema
d. bronchiectasis
a. cystic fibrosis
In the term apnea, the suffix -pnea means:
a. vocal chords
b. expansion
c. breathing
d. voice
c. breathing
Which of the following terms means good/normal breathing?
a. euypnea
b. exhalation
c. epistaxis
d. eupnea
d. eupnea
A chronic pulmonary disease in which it is difficult to exhale air from the lungs is called:
a. epistaxis
b. croup
c. empyema
d. emphysema
d. emphysema