Chap 12 Quizes Flashcards
Tubes that branch from the windpipe (trachea):
bronchi
Region between the lungs in the chest:
mediastinum
Nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue:
adenoids
Air sac in the lung:
alveolus
Muscle separating the chest and abdomen that contracts and relaxes to make breathing possible:
diaphragm
Lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing:
epiglottis
The voice box:
larynx
The throat:
pharynx
The windpipe:
trachea
Double-layered membrane surrounding each lung:
pleura
A combining form for carbon dioxide:
capn/o
The combining form for dust:
coni/o
The combining form for voice box:
laryng/o
The combining form for throat:
pharyng/o
The combining form for voice:
phon/o
A combining form for lung:
pneum/o
A combining form for nose:
rhin/o
The combining form for breathing:
spir/o
The suffix that means smell:
-osmia
The suffix that means breathing:
-pnea
The combining form that means air sac:
alveol/o
The combining form that means blue:
cyan/o
The combining form that means straight, upright:
orth/o
A combining form that means chest:
pector/o
The combining form that means diaphragm:
phren/o
The combining form that means windpipe:
trache/o
The suffix that means spitting:
-ptysis
A suffix that means chest:
-thorax
The suffix that means condition:
-ema
A combining form that means lung:
pulmon/o
Listening to sounds within the body:
auscultation
Fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation when bronchi are obstructed by sputum:
rales
Material expelled from the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting:
sputum
Acute viral infection of infants and children with obstruction of the larynx, barking cough, and stridor:
croup
Nosebleed:
epistaxis
Whooping cough:
pertussis
Chronic dilation of a bronchus secondary to infection:
bronchiectasis
Large collection of pus (bacterial infection) in the lungs:
pulmonary abscess
Collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli:
atelectasis
Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls:
emphysema
Abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs:
pneumoconiosis
Fluid in the air sacs and bronchioles:
pulmonary edema
Clot or other material lodges in vessels of the lung:
pulmonary embolism
Rare malignant tumor arising in the pleura caused by asbestos exposure:
mesothelioma
Collection of air in the pleural space:
pneumothorax
Formation of scar tissue in the connective tissue of the lungs:
pulmonary fibrosis
Chronic inflammatory disease in which small nodules develop in lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs:
sarcoidosis
Tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure:
percussion
Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum:
rhonchi
Strained, high-pitched sound(s) heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx:
stridor
Radiographic image of the thoracic cavity:
chest x-ray
Detection device records radioactivity in the lung after injection of a radioisotope:
ventilation-perfusion scan
Fiberoptic endoscope examination of the bronchial tubes:
bronchoscopy
Visual examination of the voice box:
laryngoscopy
Endoscopic visual examination of the mediastinum:
mediastinoscopy
Tests that measure the ventilation mechanics of the lungs:
PFTs
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space:
thoracentesis
Large surgical incision of the chest:
thoracotomy
Visual examination of the chest via small incisions and use of an endoscope:
thoracoscopy
Surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck:
tracheostomy
