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Respiratory System Chapter 13 Review

1.

The transport of O2 from the outside air to tissue and the transport of CO2 from cells to the outside is known as...

RESPIRATION

2.

The terminal element of the respiratory tract...

ALVEOLUS

3.

The movement of gases into and out of the lungs is known as...

VENTILATION

4.

Inflammation of the lining of the lung...

PLUERISY

5.

The prefix in the word ANTIBIOTIC means...

AGAINST

6.

Collapse of a part of a lung...

ATELECTASIS

7.

What does the suffix in the term BRONCHIOLE mean???

SMALL

8.

The use of oxygen in cellular metabolism...

INTERNAL RESPIRATION

9.

What is the plural form of PLEURA?

PLEURAE

10.

The suffix in the medical term BRONCHIOGENIC means???

CREATION

11.

Term for hair-like, motile projections from the surface of a cell...

CILIA

12.

The combining form LARYNG/O means...

VOICEBOX

13.

The fibrotic lung disease caused by the inhalation of different dusts is called...

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

14.

Olfaction comes from the Latin Origin meaning what???

TO SMELL

15.

Which body sensation is most influenced by the sense of smell???

SENSE OF TASTE

16.

What is the abbreviation for CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE???

C.O.P.D.

17.

The anatomical structure that connects the back of the nose to the larynx is the...

PHARYNX

18.

Where is the APEX of the lung located???

ABOVE AND BEHIND THE CLAVICLE

19.

What does the combining form in the word PULM/ONOLOGY mean???

LUNG

20.

What structure divides the nasal cavity into a right and left compartments???

SEPTUM

21.

Wwhat is the crackle heard through a stethoscope when air bubbles through liquid in the lungs???

RALE

22.

What does the word element RHIN- refer to???

NOSE

23.

A synonym for RESPIRATOR is...

VENTILATOR

24.

The costal surface of the lungs presses against which body part???

RIB CAGE

25.

What instrument measures respiratory volumes???

SPIROMETER

26.

What does the suffix in the term SPIROMETRY mean???

PROCESS OF MEASURING

27.

What is the correct sequence of the parts of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM through which air passes through the body???

NOSE, PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, BRONCHIOLES, ALVEOLI

(N P L T B Bs A)

28.

What is the normal respiratory rate for a resting adult???

10-15 TIMES PER MINUTE

29.

Act of coughing up and spitting out mucous from the respiratory tract???

EXPECTORATE

30.

Having increased respiratory distress and retractions in the intercostal spaces of the chest...

BRONCHIOLITIS

31.

What does the prefix in the term ENDOTRACHEAL mean???

INSIDE

32.

Which of the following structures is NOT one of the six connected elements of the respiratory tract???

  1. NOSE
  2. PHARYNX
  3. TONGUE
  4. LARYNX
  5. BRONCHI
33.

Medical term for a nosebleed...

EPISTAXIS

34.

What does the suffix in the term LOBECTOMY mean??

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF

35.

MEATUS is of the Latin Origin meaning...

PASSAGE

36.

Where is the OLFACTORY REGION located at???

EXTREME SUPERIOR REGION OF THE NASAL CAVITY

37.

What does the suffix in the term NASAL mean???

PERTAINING TO

38.

In the medical term PNEUMONIA, what does the root in the term mean??

LUNG, AIR

39.

Inflammation of the nasal mucosa is known as...

RHINITIS

40.

Which of the following is not a function of the nose???

  1. COOLING AIR THAT ENTERS FROM THE OUTSIDE
  2. TRAPPING LARGE PARTICLES IN THE AIR
  3. MOISTURIZING THE AIR
  4. RECOGNIZING 4000 SEPERATE SMELLS
  5. SERVING AS A PASSWAY FROM OUTSIDE TO THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
41.

Removal of the affected area of the lung...

RESECTION OF THE TUMOR

42.

Muscular funnel that receives air from the nasal cavity and food and drink from the oral cavity...

PHARYNX

43.

What medical term means removal of the lung???

PNEUMOECTOMY

44.

Which structure is NOT involved in snoring???

  1. EPIGLOTTIS
  2. TONGUE
  3. NOSE
  4. UPPER PHARYNX
  5. UVULA
45.

What does the suffix in the term ADENOID mean???

RESEMBLING