Exam 11: Respiratory System

An air sac at the end of a bronchiole is a(n):

Air or gas in the pleural cavity is called:

Inflammation of the bronchioles is called:

The term for the throat is the pharynx.

A Mantoux test is used to detect the presence of tuberculosis antibodies.

The process of breathing out is:

A localized accumulation of pus in the lung is a pulmonary ____________________.

What is the plural of pharynx? ____________________

The term meaning a collapse of lung tissue or the entire lung is ____________________.

Internal respiration is the exchange of gases between the environment and the lungs.

Discharge from the nose is called:

What is the plural of hilum? ____________________

Coryza is:

Excessively deep breathing is:

An instrument to measure the air capacity of the lungs is a spirometry.

What is a term for abnormal periodic cessation of breathing? ____________________

The process of testing to measure the air capacity of the lungs is ____________________.

What is an abnormal enlargement of the distal phalanges as a result of diminished oxygen in the blood?

The sections of the lungs are called lobes.

Extremely shallow breathing is called: