Respiratory System

Question 1

What are the three parts of the pharynx?

Answer 1

Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx

Question 2

What is the process of airflow to the lungs?

Answer 2

Nose/mouth
Pharynx
Epiglottis
Larynx
Trachea
Right main bronchus/left main bronchus
Alveoli
(Diaphragm helps move lungs)

Question 3

Air sacs that allow for gas exchange

Answer 3

Alveoli

Question 4

Membrane that surrounds the lungs

Answer 4

Pleura

Question 5

Most superficial layer of the pleura

Answer 5

Parietal Pleura

Question 6

Deep layer of the pleura

Answer 6

Visceral Pleura

Question 7

Space between pleura layers

Answer 7

Intrapleural space

Question 8

Two other terms for collapsed lung due to increased pressure in the intrapleural space

Answer 8

Pneumothorax

Atelectasis

Question 9

Suffix for breathing

Answer 9

-pnea

Question 10

Normal breathing

Answer 10

Eupnea

Question 11

Rapid breathing

Answer 11

Tachypnea

Question 12

Slow breathing

Answer 12

Bradypnea

Question 13

Positional breathing

Answer 13

Orthopnea

Question 14

Period of no breathing

Answer 14

Apnea

Question 15

Low oxygen in body

Answer 15

Hypoxia

Question 16

Fainting/loss of consciousness

Answer 16

Syncope

Question 17

Suffix for coughing up chest secretions

Answer 17

-ptysis

Question 18

Coughing up blood

Answer 18

Hemoptysis

Question 19

What does URI stand for?

Answer 19

Upper respiratory infection

Question 20

Two names for the common cold

Answer 20

Upper respiratory infection

Coryza

Question 21

Fluid in lungs

Answer 21

Pneumonia

Question 22

Type of breathing that sounds like rattles, crackles, and air passing through mucus

Answer 22

Rales

Question 23

Type of breathing where one is wheezing

Answer 23

Rhonchi

Question 24

Hyperreatic airway disease where lungs are reacting to a stimuli that it shouldn’t be

Answer 24

Asthma

Question 25

What are two types of chronic bronchitis?

Answer 25

Asthma

COPD

Question 26

What does COPD stand for?

Answer 26

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 27

A type of COPD where the walls of alveoli are destroyed which leads to a decreasing gas exchange that is caused by genetics or smoking

Answer 27

Emphysema

Question 28

What is the genetic cause of emphysema?

Answer 28

Alpha 1 antitrypsindeficiency

Question 29

Noun for fever

Answer 29

Pyrexia

Question 30

What are the meds used to reduce a fever?

Answer 30

Antipyretic

Question 31

Adjective for feverish

Answer 31

Febrile

Question 32

Adjective for no fever

Answer 32

Afebrile

Question 33

Suffix for swallowing/eating

Answer 33

-phagia

Question 34

Suffix for speaking

Answer 34

-phonia

Question 35

Loss of speech ability

Answer 35

Aphonia

Question 36

Impairment of speech

Answer 36

Dysphonia

Question 37

Incision in trachea

Answer 37

Tracheotomy

Question 38

Opening in trachea

Answer 38

Tracheostomy

Question 39

Surgical puncture of thoracic cavity to withdraw fluid

Answer 39

Thoracentesis

Question 40

Fluid produced by irritated pleura

Answer 40

Pleural Effusion

Question 41

What does PE stand for/mean?

Answer 41

Pulmonary embolism

Traveling blood clot that lodges in lung