Can you breathe?
Tubes that bifurcate from the windpipe:
What is the bronchi?
Removal of the voice box
What is a laryngectomy?
Phren/o:
What is a diaphragm?
High carbon dioxide levels in the blood
What is hypercapnia?
Incision of the windpipe
What is T-R-A-C-H-E-O-T-O-M-Y?
Uppermost portion of the lung:
What is the apex?
Removal of the tonsils:
Angi/o
What is vessel?
Condition of decreased oxygen in the blood
What is hypoxemia?
Whooping cough
What is pertussis?
Space between the lungs in the chest:
What is the mediastinum?
Incision of the chest
What is a thoracotomy?
Cardi/o
What is the heart?
Airway obstruction associated with emphysema and chronic bronchitis
What is COPD?
Visual examination of the voice box
What is a laryngoscopy?
Breathing is easier in an upright position
Surgical repair of the nose
What is a rhinoplasty?
Phleb/o
What is a vein?
Spitting up blood from the lungs
What is hemoptysis?
Collection of pus
What is an abscess?
Pain of the pleura (chest wall)
What is pleurodynia?
Incision into a vein
What is phlebotomy?
Cyan/o
What is blue?
Difficult breathing
What is dyspnea?
Rod-shaped bacteria