Respiratory Anatomy
This structure prevents food from entering the larynx.
What is the epiglottis?
What is epistaxis?
This condition means normal breathing.
What is eupnea?
The movement of gases into and out of the lungs.
What is ventilation?
Instrument used to measure respiratory volumes.
What is a spirometer?
This structure divides the nasal cavity into right and left compartments.
What is the septum?
The plural form of bronchus.
What is bronchi?
A barking cough is commonly associated with this infection.
What is croup?
One function of the nose is trapping these from the air.
What are large particles?
Surgical removal of the tonsils.
What is tonsillectomy?
These separate each lobe of the lungs.
What are fissures?
The combining form meaning nose.
What is rhin/o?
COPD stands for this condition.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
The exchange of gases between air and blood is known as this.
What is respiration?
Hollow tube used to deliver oxygen through the nostrils.
What is a nasal cannula?
This part of the respiratory tract is located below the tip of the epiglottis.
What is the laryngopharynx?
The suffix in thoracentesis means this.
What is to puncture?
Air in the pleural space is called this.
What is pneumothorax?
NRDS results from lack of this substance in the lungs.
What is surfactant?
Laryngotracheobronchitis is also known as this.
What is croup?
Correct order that air travels through the respiratory tract.
What is nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli?
The root in pulmonology means this.
What is lung?
Fibrotic lung disease caused by inhaling silica particles.
What is silicosis?
This respiratory system function allows carbon dioxide to leave the blood and enter the air.
What is gas exchange?
The medical term for the voice box.
What is the larynx?