MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
MATCHING EXERCISES KEY
ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. epiglottis
i. prevents food from entering larynx and
trachea
g. stands between the two thoracic
compartments
c. part of throat behind the mouth
d. muscular partition between chest and
abdomen
a. small tubular airways
b. microscopic airsacs that exchange gases
e. partition between the nostrils
h. line respiratory passages and secrete a
sticky fluid
j. the windpipe
f. air cavities in cranium that open into the
nose
2. mediastinum
3. oropharynx
4. diaphragm
5. bronchioles
6. alveoli
7. nasal septum
8. mucous membranes
9. trachea
10. paranasal sinuses
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TERMS
1. orthopnea
2. hemoptysis
3. hypoxemia
4. hypercapnia
5. dysphonia
6. eupnea
7. bradypnea
8. hypocarbia
9. hyperoxia
10. epistaxis
g. ability to breathe only when upright
d. spitting up blood from lungs
f. deficient oxygen in blood
b. excessive C02 in blood
j. hoarseness
c. normal breathing
a. slow breathing
e. decreased C02 in blood
h. excessive oxygen in tissue cells
i. nosebleed
1. inflammation of lung's airways
2 death of tissue, with cheese-like appearance
3. abnormal dilation of lung's airways
4. imperfect dilation of alveoli
5. dust in lungs
6. blood clot in the lungs
7. air and blood in pleural cavities
8. pus in pleural cavity
d. bronchitis
g. caseous necrosis
a. bronchiectasis
b. atelectasis
h. pneumonoconiosis
c. pulmonary embolism
e. pneumohemothorax
f. pyothorax
OPERATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TERMS
1. thoracentesis
2. nasal polypectomy
3. rhinoplasty
d. puncture to aspirate the chest
b. excision of small many-footed tumor in the
nose
a. surgical repair of the nose
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
4. pleuropexy
5. pneumobronchotomy
6. expectorant
7. tracheostomy
8. hemilaryngectomy
9. endotracheal intubation
10. nasopharyngography
f. surgical fixation of lung's membrane
j. incision of lung and bronchus
i. drug that breaks up mucus and promotes
coughing
c. creation of artificial opening in the windpipe
e. surgical removal of half of the voice
box
g. placing a tube through the mouth to airway
h. radiographic examination of nose and
throat
TESTS AND PROCEDURES
1. bronchoscope
2. percussion
3. spirometer
4. auscultation
5. bronchogram
6. thoracoscopy
7. oximeter
8. endoscope
9. ventilator
10. bronchoconstrictor
j. flexible instrument to examine lung's
airways
i. a ‘tapping' examination
h. instrument to measure lung capacity
a examination by stethoscope
b. x-ray film of lung's airways
c. visual examination of chest cavity
d. instrument to measure oxygen in blood
g. instrument for internal visual exam of body
cavity
e. mechanical device to assist breathing
f. agent that narrows lung's airways