Respiratory System

Question 1

bronch/o

Answer 1

bronchus

Question 2

laryng/o

Answer 2

larynx

Question 3

pharang/o

Answer 3

pharynx

Question 4

phren/o

Answer 4

diaphragm

Question 5

phrenic/o

Answer 5

phrenic nerve

Question 6

pleur/o

Answer 6

pleura

Question 7

pneum/o, pneumat/o

Answer 7

air, gas, respiration, lung

Question 8

pulm/o, pulmon/o

Answer 8

lungs

Question 9

rhin/o

Answer 9

nose

Question 10

spir/o

Answer 10

breathing

Question 11

trache/o

Answer 11

trachea

Question 12

What are the components to the respiratory system?

Answer 12

nose
nasal cavity
pharynx
larynx
trachea
bronchi
bronchi branches

Question 13

nose

Answer 13

provides an airway to breath
serves as a resonating chamber for speech
houses smell receptors

Question 14

pharynx

Answer 14

the pharynx is divided into three regions

• nasopharynx: air passageway
• oropharynx: air and food passageway
• laryngopharynx: air and food passageway

Question 15

larynx

Answer 15

• aka the voice box
• helps to provide an open airway
• acts as a switching mechanism to route air and food into proper channels

Question 16

trachea

Answer 16

• the trachea is in the mediastinal region and splits into two bronchi that enter the lungs
• 3 lobes in the right lung and two lobes in the left lung

Question 17

bronchi

Answer 17

• smallest branches are bronchioles, and bronchioles narrow until they end in a tiny pouch called the alveolar sac
• gasses are exchanged and oxygenate blood

Question 18

bronchiolitis

Answer 18

inflammation of the bronchioles

Question 19

bronchoscope

Answer 19

instrument used to examine the bronchi

Question 20

carina

Answer 20

• projection of the lowest tracheal cartilage where the trachea separates into two bronchi
• used as a landmark for endoscopy (bronchoscopy)
• most sensitive area of the trachea and larynx for triggering a cough reflex

Question 21

COPD

Answer 21

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

- any group of chronic, progressive, and debilitative respiratory diseases (emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, etc)

Question 22

dyspnea

Answer 22

difficulty breathing

Question 23

hemothorax

Answer 23

presence of blood in pleural space

Question 24

hypernea

Answer 24

rapid or excessive breathing

Question 25

lobectomy

Answer 25

surgical excision of a lobe of the lung

Question 26

orthopnea

Answer 26

difficulty breathing unless upright or in a straight position

Question 27

pneumothorax

Answer 27

collection of air in the chest or pleural cavity

Question 28

rales (crackles)

Answer 28

abnormal chest sounds heard when air enters small airways or alveoli containing fluid typically during inspiration

Question 29

rhinorrhea

Answer 29

discharge from the nose

Question 30

ronchus

Answer 30

rale or rattling sound in the throat or bronchial tube caused by obstructed or inflamed bronchi

Question 31

tachypnea

Answer 31

fast or rapid breathing

Question 32

thoracotomy

Answer 32

surgical incision into the chest wall

Question 33

thoracentisis

Answer 33

removal of fluid from the pleural cavity via surgical puncture; pleural tap

Question 34

wheeze

Answer 34

whistling sound usually caused by air passageway obstruction, common in asthmatics

Question 35

What codes are used for surgical procedures of the respiratory system?

Answer 35

Codes 30000-32999