Exam 8: Respiratory System

The term for an agent that is used to prevent or relieve a cough is:

Pneumoconiosis is:

A patient is having difficulty taking a deep breath. He complains of difficulty getting air into the lungs. Which term means drawing air into the lungs?

Tiny air sacs through which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place are called:

The term for a whistling sound made during respiration is:

The largest volume of air that can be expelled after maximal inspiration is called:

A term that means pertaining to the windpipe and the bronchi is:

A 72-year-old man has orders to have his oxygen levels checked. This can be done using:

The general name of the procedure in which a tube is placed through the mouth or nose, pharynx, and larynx into the trachea for the purpose of establishing an airway is _____ intubation.

A disease process that causes decreased ability of the lungs to perform their ventilatory function and can result from several other chronic disorders of the respiratory organs is called:

A 36-year-old woman has an obstruction in the pulmonary artery. This is referred to as a pulmonary:

An instructor says that this disease has been nearly eradicated in developed countries. Which disease is probably being discussed?

Chronic laryngitis is most likely to cause which of the following?

Effusion of fluid into the air spaces and tissue spaces of the lungs is called:

Inflammation of the bronchi is called _____.

Thoracic refers to the:

Anoxia means :

Absence of voice is called:

A 23-year-old opera singer complains of hoarseness. The term that best describes this is:

The term pneumocardial pertains to the: