Word Parts
Laryng/o
What is the larynz?
diaphragm
What is the muscle that separates the chest and abdomen?
laryngitis
What term means inflammation of the larynx?
thoracotomy
What term describes a surgical incision into the chest wall to open the pleural cavity for biopsy or treatment?
dyspnea
Which term means difficulty or labored breathing?
Trache/o
What is the trachea?
epiglottis
What structure acts as a lid so food does not enter the lungs?
empyema
What is the term that means accumulation of pus in the pleural or other body cavities?
pneumonectomy
What term means the surgical removal of all or part of a lung?
alveoli
What are the millions of grape like clusters that allow gas exchange?
Pulm/o
What is the lungs?
trachea
What structure is commonly known as the windpipe?
epistaxis
What term is also known as a nosebleed?
ventilator
What respiratory therapy is used to temporarily replace a patients natural breathing function?
right lung
What is the larger of the lungs that contains 3 lobes?
Phon/o
What is the means of sound or voice?
sinus
What structure is an air-filled cavity?
pertussis
What term is known as the whooping coughing?
tracheotomy
What emergency procedure is an incision into the trachea?
bronchioles
Which are the smallest branches of the bronchial tree?
-pnea
pleura
What membrane encases each lungs, including its blood vessels and nerves?
anoxia
What term means the absence of oxygen from the body's tissues?
bronchodilator
What medication expands the passages into the lungs? Opens the bronchial tree
eupnea
What is the term for normal breathing?