Exam 5: Respiratory System

What are the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles called?

What is the term for slow breathing?

What is the serous membrane that lines the walls of the thoracic cavity?

All but one of the following are synonyms. Which word does not mean excision of all or part of a lung?

In some cases, dyspnea can be alleviated with the use of a bronchodilator. What is the purpose of a bronchodilator?

Syllables are shown for the following term. Indicate the primary accented syllable in the term by typing which numbered syllable receives the primary accent: 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. Tracheoscopy (tr -k -os-kuh-p )

Which term means inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx?

Which statement best describes a bronchus?

Softening of the trachea is known as ____________________.

Which of these terms is a noninflammatory accumulation of fluid in one or both pleural cavities?

What structures are inflamed in laryngotracheobronchitis?

What term means hemorrhage from the nose?

Which of these structures is located within the upper respiratory tract?

Which of the following is the surgical creation of an opening into the trachea?

Which is true of flail chest?

Surgical repair of the palate is ____________________.

Aplasia means lack of which of the following?

Which of the following is used in hospitals to provide respiratory support using an artificial lung?

Which of the following is likely to result from congestive heart failure?

Which statement is not true concerning the larynx?