Exam 12: The Respiratory System

Identify the combining term phon/o with its closest definition.

The medical assistant understands that a sweat test is a test for ________.

The medical assistant determines the physician wants to identify the organism growing in the oral airway when a ___________ culture is ordered.

Identify the combining term pneum/o with its closest definition.

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a term applied to any disease that causes chronic obstruction of the __________ and _________.

Dysphonia is _________.

The health care provider documents the windpipe as the ____________________.

The nurse documents normal breathing as ________.

The nostrils are also called external ____________________.

The physician documents "pharynx" and the medical assistant recognizes this as the ____________________.

The transporting of oxygen to the body's cells and the removal of carbon dioxide from those cells is ____________________ respiration.

The nurse determines the patient is experiencing periods when there is no breathing. This is known as ___________.

Identify the combining term steth/o with its closest definition.

The patient states she has asthma. What type of medications would the health care provider anticipate the patient is taking?

The pharyngeal tonsils are the ____________________.

A pulmonary embolism is a clot in the __________.

Tapping over the lung area is ____________________.

Identify the combining term or/o with its closest definition.

A tube used to view a body cavity is a(n) ____________________.

Hypoxemia is a deficient amount of oxygen in the __________, while hypoxia is a deficient amount of oxygen in the __________.