TEST ON RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Cirlce the best answer for the following sentences
1. What is the name of the tiny air sacs in your lungs?
A. Bronchiole
B. Ravioli
C. Alveoli
D. Bronx
2. The trachea is also called the _________________.
A. lung
B. Diaphragm
C. windpipe
D. bronchus
3. The tiny hairs that keep mucus and dirt out of your lungs are called ____________.
A. Lung hairs
B. Stubble
C. bronchioles
D. cilia
4. The area between the lungs is known as the
A. thoracic cage.
B. mediastinum.
C. pleura.
D. hilum.
5. A large muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and helps with breathing.
A. larynx
B. trachea
C. diaphragm
D. mediastinum
6. The space at the back of the mouth, that leads either to the airway or the esophagus is the:
A. larynx
B. conchae
C. nasal cavity
D. pharynx
7. When the diaphragm contracts (is pulled downward), _______ occurs.
A. inhalation
B. exhalation
C. a hiccup
D. the lungs deflate
8. Which organ does the exchange gases between atmosphere and the blood take place?
A. mouth
C. pleura
B. larynx
D. lungs
9. The enlarged upper end of the trachea that contains the vocal cords is ____________
A. larynx
B. trachea
C. diaphragm
D. mediastinum
10. A cone-shaped spongy organ of respiration contained within the thorax is _________.
A. lung
B. Diaphragm
C. windpipe
D. bronchus
11. A double-layered membrane that covers the lungs (visceral pleura) and lines the thoracic cavity _________.
A. thoracic cage.
B. mediastinum.
C. pleura.
D. diaphragm
12. The air passageway that extends from the larynx to the bronchi is ___________________.
A. larynx
B. trachea
C. diaphragm
D. mediastinum
13. The thin, fluid-filled space between the two layers of the pleura is _______________.
A. thoracic cage.
B. mediastinum.
C. pleura.
D. pleural space
14. One of the smaller subdivisions of the bronchial tubes is ______________.
A. lung
B. Diaphragm
C. windpipe
D. bronchiole
15. The small air sacs in the lungs through which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and the blood
are the __________________________________ .
A. Bronchiole
B. cappilaries
C. alveoli
D. Bronchi
16. The partition between the two portions of the nasal cavity is the nasal _____________________________.
A. cavity
B. septum
C. passage
D. space
17. The small air sacs in the lungs through which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and the blood
are the __________________________________.
A. larynx
B. conchae
C. nasal cavity
D. pharynx
18. The vocal cords are located in the __________________________________.
A. larynx
B. conchae
C. nasal cavity
D. pharynx
19. Moist tissue layer lining hollow organs and cavities of the body that open to the environment is ________.
A. nasal cavity
B. pleural space
C. nose
D. mucous membrane
20. The upper respiratory tract is responsible for __________________.
A. warming
B. moistening
C. filtering inhaled air
D. all are correct
Use rhin/o (nose) to build words that mean:
1. discharge from the nose
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2. inflammation of (mucous membranes of the) nose
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Use laryng/o (larynx [voice box]) to build words that mean:
3. visual examination of the larynx
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4. inflammation of the larynx
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5. stricture or narrowing of the larynx
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Use bronch/o or bronchi/o (bronchus) to build words that mean:
6. dilation or expansion of the bronchus
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7. disease of the bronchus
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8. spasm of the bronchus
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Use pneumon/o or pneum/o (air; lung) to build words that mean:
9. air in the chest (pleural space)
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10. inflammation of the lungs
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Use pulmon/o (lung) to build words that mean:
11. specialist in lung (diseases)
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12. pertaining to the lung
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Use -pnea (breathing) to build words that mean:
13. difficult breathing
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14. slow breathing
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15. rapid breathing
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16. absence of breathing
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Build surgical words that mean:
17. surgical repair of the nose
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18. surgical puncture of the chest
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19. removal of a lung
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20. forming an opening (mouth) in the trachea
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Check your answers in Appendix A. Review material that you did not answer correctly.
Write a word for each of the following definitions:
1. near the nose paranasal
2. inflammation of the pharynx
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3. pertaining to the larynx
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4. endoscopic examination of a bronchus
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5. inflammation of the bronchioles
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6. narrowing of a bronchus
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7. plastic repair of the larynx
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8. surgical incision of the trachea
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9. surgical incision of the phrenic nerve
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10. any disease of the lungs (pneumon/o)
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11. surgical puncture (-centesis) of the pleurae __________________________________
12. creation of an opening into the trachea
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13. inflammation of the throat
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14. inflammation of the bronchioles
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15. spasm of a bronchus
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16. hernia of the pleura
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Write a definition for the following medical terms
1. rhinoplasty
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2. bronchiectasis
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3. bronchoscopy
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4. tracheotomy
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5. laryngitis
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