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