Exam 8: Respiratory System

A 22-year-old man is complaining of seasonal allergies during his annual physical. His physician suggests that he takes which type of medication?

Laryngalgia means _____ larynx.

Pharyngitis is inflammation of the:

A patient hoarsely reports to you that his physician told him he had "inflammation of the larynx." This term is documented as:

_____ means across the windpipe.

_____ means pertaining to the throat.

Pleurisy is:

A patient has inflammation of the sinuses. Which of the following terms best describes this?

A percutaneous lung biopsy is:

Blood in the pleural cavity is referred to as _____.

A 9-year-old girl who has asthma is likely to be treated with which type of medication?

Absence of breathing is termed:

The throat is the:

A patient who is having difficulty breathing is likely to see which type of specialist?

A radiography of the bronchi is called a(n) _____.

The trachea is the:

Material raised from inflamed membranes of the respiratory tract is called:

Labored or difficult breathing is:

Pertaining to the windpipe is called _____.

One of your patients is a 1-year-old child with recurrent ear infections of the eustachian tubes, which are also referred to as which type of tube?