Chapter 12 Respiratory System

Question 1

Adenoid/o

Answer 1

Adenoids

Question 2

Alveol/o

Answer 2

Alveolus, air sac

Question 3

Bronch/o, bronchi/o

Answer 3

Bronchial tube, bronchus

Question 4

Bronchiol/o

Answer 4

Bronchiole, small bronchus

Question 5

Capn/o

Answer 5

Carbon dioxide

Question 6

Coni/o

Answer 6

Dust

Question 7

Cyan/o

Answer 7

Blue

Question 8

Epiglott/o

Answer 8

Epiglottis

Question 9

Laryng/o

Answer 9

Larynx, voice box

Question 10

Lob/o

Answer 10

Lobe of lung

Question 11

Mediastin/o

Answer 11

Mediastinum

Question 12

Nas.o

Answer 12

Nose

Question 13

Orth/o

Answer 13

Straight, upright

Question 14

Ox/o

Answer 14

Oxygen

Question 15

Pector/o

Answer 15

Chest

Question 16

Pharyng/o

Answer 16

Pharynx, throat

Question 17

Phon/o

Answer 17

Voice

Question 18

Phren/o

Answer 18

Diaphragm

Question 19

Pluer/o

Answer 19

Pleura

Question 20

Pneum/o, pneumon/o

Answer 20

Air, lung

Question 21

Pulmon/o

Answer 21

Lung

Question 22

Rhin/o

Answer 22

Nose

Question 23

Sinus/o

Answer 23

Sinus, cavity

Question 24

Spir/o

Answer 24

Breathing

Question 25

Tel/o

Answer 25

Complete

Question 26

Thorac/o

Answer 26

Chest

Question 27

Tonsill/o

Answer 27

Tonsils

Question 28

Trache/o

Answer 28

Trachea, windpipe

Question 29

-Ema

Answer 29

Condition

Question 30

-Osmia

Answer 30

Smell

Question 31

-pnea

Answer 31

Breathing

Question 32

-ptysis

Answer 32

Spitting

Question 33

-sphyxia

Answer 33

Pulse

Question 34

-thorax

Answer 34

Pleura cavity, chest

Question 35

Auscultation

Answer 35

Listening to sounds within the body

Question 36

Percussion

Answer 36

Tapping on a surface to determine the differences in the underlying structure

Question 37

Pleural rub

Answer 37

Scratchy sound produced by pleural surfaces rubbing against each other

Question 38

Rales (crackles)

Answer 38

Fine crackling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation) when there is fluid in the alveoli

Question 39

Rhonchi

Answer 39

Loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum

Question 40

Sputum

Answer 40

Material expelled from the bronchi, lungs, or upper respiratory tract by spitting

Question 41

Strider

Answer 41

Strained, high pitches sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in the pharynx or larynx

Question 42

Wheezes

Answer 42

Continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during breathing