Medical Terminology Cardio/ Respiratory System

The Breath of Life

100

A lobectomy is a procedure that removes part of the

What is Lung?

200

Expansion or dilation of the bronchi is called:

What is bronchiectasis?

300

An instrument to measure breathing or lung volumes

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

What is spirometer?

400

When a patient must sit upright to breathe due to shortness of breath it is called:

What is orthopnea?

500

What is puncture of the lung to drain fluid?

Pneumonocentesis

Respiratory conditions

100

What is narrowing of the trachea?

What is tracheostenosis

200

What is the abnormal condition of a black lung?

What is pneumomelanosis

300

Absense of breathing during sleep

What is Sleep apnea?

400

Inflamation of the throat

What is pharyngitis?

500

Inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

What is laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)

Procedures of the cardio system

100

destruction of a blood clot

What is thrombolysis?

200

Surgical repair of a vessel

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

What is phleboplasty?

300

recording of the sounds of the heart

What is echocardiography?

400

Incision of the lower chamber of the heart

What is ventriculotomy?

500

removal of the sac around the heart

What is pericardectomy?

You're all heart!

100

enlargement of the heart

What is cardiomegaly?

200

dilation of a vessel

What is angiectasis?

300

abnormal condition of narrowing of the aorta  

What is aortostenosis?

400

Rupture of an artery

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

What is arteriorrhexis?

500

fast heart

What is tachycardia?

Organs

100

Two spongelike organs in the thoracic cavity. The right consists of 3 lobes; the left consists of 2 lobes

What is Lungs

200

Air sacks at the end of the broncholes. Oxygen and Carbon dioxide are exchanged through the walls and cappilaries

What is Alveolus.. Alveoli

300

Lymphoid tissue located on the posterior wall of the nasal cavity. Also called pharyngeal tonsils.

What is Adenoids

400

double-folded serous membrane covering each lung; visceral.....and lining the thoracic cavity parietal .... with a small space between called ....... cavity, which contains serous fluid.

What is Pleura

500

Space between lungs that contains the heart, esophagus, trachea, great blood vessels and other structures.

What is mediastinum