Chapter 11: The Respiratory System

Question 1

-pnea

Answer 1

breathing

Question 2

-oxia

Answer 2

level of oxygen (when referring to level of oxygen in the blood the suffix -emia is used. ex: hypoxemia)

Question 3

-capnia

Answer 3

level of carbon dioxide (when referring to level of carbon dioxide in the blood the suffix -emia is used. ex: hypercapnemia)

Question 4

-phonia

Answer 4

voice

Question 5

nas/o

Answer 5

nose

Question 6

rhin/o

Answer 6

nose

Question 7

pharyng/o

Answer 7

pharynx

Question 8

laryng/o

Answer 8

larynx

Question 9

trache/o

Answer 9

trachea

Question 10

bronch/o, bronch/i

Answer 10

bronchus

Question 11

bronchiol

Answer 11

bronchiole

Question 12

phren/o

Answer 12

diaphragm

Question 13

phrenic/o

Answer 13

phrenic nerve

Question 14

pleur/o

Answer 14

pleura

Question 15

pulm/o, plumon/o

Answer 15

lung

Question 16

pneumon/o

Answer 16

lung

Question 17

pneum/o, pneumat/o

Answer 17

air, gas; also respiration, lung

Question 18

spir/o

Answer 18

breathing

Question 19

ABG(s)

Answer 19

arterial blood gas(es)

Question 20

ARDS

Answer 20

acute respiratory distress syndrome

Question 21

COPD

Answer 21

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 22

CSR

Answer 22

chest x-ray

Question 23

PFT(s)

Answer 23

pulmonary function test(s)

Question 24

RDS

Answer 24

respiratory distress syndrome

Question 25

SIDS

Answer 25

sudden infant death syndrome

Question 26

TB

Answer 26

tuberculosis

Question 27

T & A

Answer 27

tonsils and adenoids, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Question 28

URI

Answer 28

upper respiratory infection