Exam 9: The Respiratory System

The medical term for abnormally high amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood is:

Inflammation of the throat is called ________.

Chronic inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi is known as ________.

Select the term with the correct spelling.

A nurse is starting a new job in a clinic. Prior to starting, she needs to have a skin test used to determine the presence of tuberculosis infection. This test is also known as a ________ skin test.

The suffix that means "incision into or surgical cut into" is:

The presence of air or gas inside the pleural cavity is called a(n) ________.

The correct abbreviation for tuberculosis is ________.

Inflammation of soft lung tissue in which the alveoli become filled with fluids, and which is caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infection, is ________.

Select the correct medical term for an instrument used to measure breathing volumes.

Lung disease is treated by a pulmonary specialist or pulmonologist, disease of the pharynx is treated by a nose and throat specialist or otolaryngologist, and lung cancer is treated by a cancer specialist or oncologist.

The medical term for inflammation of the soft lung tissue is:

The medical term for creation of an opening in the trachea is:

Provide the term based on the brief definition. -Incision into the chest

When you exhale, carbon dioxide flows out of the lungs through the same route but in the opposite direction.

The combining form rhin/o means:

The medical term for suffocation is:

Which of the following terms refers to a nosebleed?

A patient has seasonal allergies. When he is exposed to pollen, he develops inflammation of the nose. The medical term for inflammation of the nose is:

The combining form that means "imperfect or incomplete" is ________.