Exam 4: Pulmonology Respiratory System

The medical transcriptionist typed: "The patient's nasal mucus membranes were swollen and inflamed." The transcriptionist spelled all of the words in the sentence correctly.

Which of these would cause a very high CO₂ level in the arterial blood?

What type of patients have to be propped upright to breathe or sleep comfortably?

The ________,a sheet of skeletal muscle,lies along the inferior border of the thoracic cavity.

The combining form asthm/o- means "________."

The plural form of apex (of the lung)is apices (of the lung).

An incentive spirometer is a medical device that encourages the patient to breathe deeply.

The combining form phren/o- means " ________ or mind."

The combining form hal/o- means "________."

A patient comes into the hospital for treatment of bronchitis.Which of the following is TRUE?

A tracheostomy is a surgically created opening in the trachea.

The combining form cyan/o- means "________."

Which word is MISSPELLED?

Which is a type of pneumoconiosis,an occupational lung disease?

A very low level of oxygen in the cells is called ________.

The combining form thorac/o- means "________;thorax."

All of the following combining forms mean "oxygen" EXCEPT ________.

The adjective form of alveolus is ________.

When a surgeon performs a pneumonectomy,this involves ________.

The ________,also known as the nasal conchae,are three long,bony projections in the nasal cavity that break up and slow down air as it is inhaled through the nose.