Exam 4: Pulmonology Respiratory System

The combining form ventil/o- means "movement of ________."

An empyema is ________.

In the medical word oxygenated,the combining form ox/y- means "________;quick."

A patient who suffers from CF has ________.

Which is a very high level of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood?

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is an opportunistic infection.The combining form opportun/o- means ________.

An RRT is known as a registered ________ therapist.

A patient who is ________ (adjective form)has asthma.

Which of these treatments would NOT be used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

The ________,an irregularly shaped area between the two lungs,contains the trachea.

Chronic bronchitis plus emphysema are both components of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

If the physician wants to say apex of both lungs,the plural for of apex would be ________.

The combining form laryng/o- means "________;voice box."

Which of the following words is MISSPELLED?

A patient with TB has ________.

Attachments on a bronchoscope can remove foreign bodies,suction thick mucus,or perform a ________ to remove a piece of tissue.

A ventilation-perfusion scan is known by the abbreviation ________.

The ________ is a common passageway for both air and food.

All of these things can block a bronchus and cause collapse of a lung EXCEPT ________.

A bronchus enters the lung at the ________ (an indentation on the medial surface of the lung).