Terms
Combining Forms
Respiration Cycle
Abbreviations
In the Laboratory and Pathological Terms
100
The air sac at the end of each bronchiole.
What is an alveolus?
100
pleura
What is pleur(o)?
100
Hairs in the nasal cavity whose job is to filter out foreign bodies when breathing.
What are cilia?
100
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
What is CPR?
100
Radiological picture of the trachea and bronchi.
What is a bronchography?
200
Thyroid cartilage, supportive structure of the larynx.
What is the Adam's apple?
200
voice, sound
What is phon(o)?
200
Flexible muscular sheet that separates the nasopharynx from the rest of the pharynx.
What is the soft palate?
200
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
What is SIDS?
200
A pulmonary function resting machine that measures the lungs' volume and capacity. This machine measures the Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) of the lungs when the patient takes the deepest breath possible.
What is a spirometer?
300
Hairlike extensions of a cell's surface that usually provide some protection by sweeping foreign particles away.
What is cilia?
300
mouth
What is or(o)?
300
A movable flap of cartilage that covers the opening to the larynx every time one swallows food or beverage.
What is the epiglottis?
300
Positive End Expiratory Pressure
300
Chronic airway obstructions caused by disease of the exocrine glands, also affecting the bronchial tubes.
What is cystic fibrosis?
400
Organ of voice production in the respiratory tract, between the pharynx and the trachea.
What is the larynx?
400
breathing
What is spir(o)?
400
Small structures within the lungs that resemble tree branches.
What are the bronchioles?
400
V/Q scan
What is ventilation/perfusion scan?
400
Buildup of fluid in the air sacs and bronchioles, usually caused by failure of the heart to pump enough blood to and from the lungs.
What is pulmonary edema?
500
The cartilaginous division, as in the nose or mediastinum; Area where people get a piercing.
What is the septum?
500
diaphragm
What is phren(o)?
500
Passageways through which air moves in and out of the lungs.
What is the respiratory tract?
500
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
What is COPD?
500
ENT doctors that specialize in the upper respiratory tract.
What is an otorhinolaryngologist?