Exam 4: Pulmonology Respiratory System

What is the opposite of bradypnea?

Which word is MISSPELLED?

A ventilator is also known as a respirator.

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the medical word auscultation (aws-kul-tay-shun)?

Which patient would have a blood test that showed an elevated of carboxyhemoglobin?

A pulmonary embolism can be caused by ________.

The combining form auscult/o- means "tapping."

Both of the combining forms py/o- and purul/o- mean ________.

Explain why a barrel chest is found in advanced emphysema.

All of the following are TRUE about a chest tube EXCEPT ________.

The Heimlich maneuver is performed on persons who ________.

A bronchoscope is a surgical procedure that uses a lighted instrument to examine the trachea and bronchi.

The patient had bluish-gray discoloration of his skin from an abnormally low level of oxygen and a high level of carbon dioxide in his body.His abnormal coloration is called ________.

An example of a URI would be ________.

Oximetry is the ________ oxygen.

A patient who is apneic is ________ respirations.

A very low level of oxygen in the arterial blood is called oxyhemoglobin.

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "surgically created opening in the trachea"?

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

A bronchus enters the lung at the ________,which is an indentation on the medial surface of the lung.