Term parts
The combining form for lung.
What is pneum/o
tachypnea.
What is the term for rapid breathing.
Describe auscultation
What is the process of listening to body sounds
These small projections that line the surface of some cells to provide an escalator to convey dust, smoke, bacteria and viruses toward the upper airway so they can be expelled, usually by coughing.
What are cilia?
What are the larynx and the glottis?
What is the structure in the respiratory system that contains vocal chords and what is the name of the opening between them?
Rhinorrhea
What is runny nasal discharge?
The definition of pulmonary embolism
The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a clot that has broken away from another area of the blood.
Often called a "nose job".
What is rhinoplasty?
After inhaled air passes through the oropharynx, it moves through the
What is the laryngopharynx?
These structures expand to hold air and are surrounded by tiny capillaries and where O2 and CO2 are exhanged.
What are alveoli?
pulmonology
What is the study of diseases and disorders of the respiratory system.
Explain SIDS
Unexpected and unexplained death of a typically well infant under 1 year of age.hat is sudden infant death syndrome?
This is the term for viewing the bronchi with a scope
What is bronchoscopy?
These are the tiniest branches of the bronchi
What are bronchioles?
What is external respiration?
What is the exchange of CO2 and O2 that takes place in the lungs?
The combining forms nas/o, pharyng/o and the suffix _______ create the term __________ which means inflammation of the nasal cavity and pharynx.
What is -itis and nasopharyngitis?
Pleural effusion
What is abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity preventing the lungs from fully expanding.
This is the term for the surgical procedure (often an emergency that creates an opening directly into the trachea.
What is tracheotomy?
The definition of the term, pleura.
A double membrane encasing the lungs that serves as a cushion reduces any friction which may develop between the lungs, rib cage, and chest cavity. The layers are separated by a small amount of viscous lubricant known as pleural fluid.
Describe the term ventilation
The flow of air between the outside environment and the lungs.
Put the word parts, __________ and _________, to form the term to indicate abnormal enlargement of the bronchi.
What are Bronchi/o and -ectasis
To form bronchiectasis
This is the pulmonary condition characterized by the destruction of the walls of the alveoli, resulting in fewer fully functioning air sacs.
What is emphysema
Describe pulmonary angiography
The procedure of injecting dye into a blood vessel for the purpose of taking an X-ray of the arteries and veins of the lungs.
This structure prevents food and liquid from entering into the lungs.
What is the epiglottis?
The term exhalation means what?
What is the flow of air out of the lungs