Module 8- The Respiratory Tract

Question 1

Bradypnea

Answer 1

Slow breathing

Question 2

Tachypnea

Answer 2

Rapid breathing

Question 3

Apnea

Answer 3

Without breathing

Question 4

Laryngitis

Answer 4

Inflammation of the larynx (voice box)

Question 5

Pleuritis

Answer 5

Inflammation of the pleura

Question 6

Pharyngoplasty

Answer 6

Plastic surgery of the throat

Question 7

Laryngocele

Answer 7

Herniation of the larynx (voice box)

Question 8

Laryngectomy

Answer 8

Surgical removal of the larynx (voice box)

Question 9

Laryngoscope

Answer 9

Instrument for examining the larynx (voice box)

Question 10

Laryngospasm

Answer 10

Spasm of the larynx (voice box)

Question 11

Tracheorrhagia

Answer 11

Hemorrhage from the windpipe

Question 12

Trachealgia

Answer 12

Pain in the windpipe

Question 13

Tracheostomy

Answer 13

A permanent opening into the windpipe

Question 14

Bronchoscopy

Answer 14

Looking into the bronchus

Question 15

Bronchospasm

Answer 15

Spasm of the bronchus

Question 16

Bronchitis

Answer 16

Inflammation of the bronchus or bronchi

Question 17

Pleurisy

Answer 17

Inflammation of the covering of the lungs

Question 18

Pleuralgia or Pleurodynia

Answer 18

Pain in the pleura

Question 19

Pleurocentesis

Answer 19

Puncture of the pleural space and removing the fluid

Question 20

Diaphragm

Answer 20

The musculomembranous wall separating the abdomen from the chest cavity, largely responsible for inspiration and expiration

Question 21

Inspiration

Answer 21

Breathing in

Question 22

Expiration

Answer 22

Breathing out

Question 23

Singultus

Answer 23

A sudden spasm of the diaphragm, a hiccup

Question 24

Ptysis

Answer 24

Spitting

Question 25

Hemoptysis

Answer 25

Spitting blood (arising from hemorrhage of larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs)

Question 26

Hematemesis

Answer 26

Vomiting blood, expelling blood from the stomach

Question 27

Epistaxis

Answer 27

Nosebleed

Question 28

Rhinorrhagia

Answer 28

Hemorrhage from the nose

Question 29

Pneumatic

Answer 29

Pertaining to air or gases (or exchange of gases)

Question 30

Pneumarthrosis

Answer 30

An abnormal condition of air in a joint

Question 31

Pneumatocardia

Answer 31

Presence of air or gases in the blood of the heart

Question 32

Pneumaturia

Answer 32

Air in the urine during or after urination

Question 33

Pneumology

Answer 33

The science of how the lungs exchange air or gases

Question 34

Pneumotherapy

Answer 34

Treatment with compressed air

Question 35

Hydrotherapy

Answer 35

Treatment with water

Question 36

Pneumonia

Answer 36

A serious disease of the lung

Question 37

Pneumonitis

Answer 37

Inflammation of the lung

Question 38

Pneumonectomy

Answer 38

Surgical removal of a lung

Question 39

Pneumoencephalography

Answer 39

X-ray examination of spaces within the brain, following withdrawal of cerebrospinal fluid via lumbar puncture, and replacement of it with injected air or gas

Question 40

Pneumonograph

Answer 40

Radiographic picture of the lungs (chest x-ray)

Question 41

Thorax

Answer 41

Encloses the chest cavity, the upper part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen

Question 42

Thoractomy

Answer 42

Incision into the chest cavity

Question 43

Thoracocentesis

Answer 43

Puncture of the chest cavity to draw off fluid

Question 44

Pneumothorax

Answer 44

Air in the chest cavity

Question 45

Hemothorax

Answer 45

Blood in the chest cavity

Question 46

Laryngeal

Answer 46

Pertaining to the larynx (voice box)

Question 47

Pharyngitis

Answer 47

Inflammation of the throat (pharynx)

Question 48

Pharyngotomy

Answer 48

Incision into the throat (pharynx)