Medical Terminology II

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Medical Terminology II

• Chapter 12 Review Game
• Respiratory System

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Nose

• The entrance to the nose is known as?
• Answer Nostrils or Nares
• It passes into this?
• Answer nasal cavity
• The dividing wall of this cavity is?
• Answer nasal septum
• Air then passes through these which warm the air
  and purify it?
• Answer paranasal sinuses
• Along this entire path, these tiny hairs take
  foreign material out?
• Answer Cilia

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Pharynx

• The pharynx is also known as?
• Answer throat
• These two sets of tissue mass take impurities out
  of the air as it enters the pharynx?
• Answer tonsils and adenoids
• This flap of cartilage prevents food and liquid
  from entering the lower airways?
• Answer epiglottis

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Also.

• This structure, a.k.a voice box, is located below
  the pharynx?
• Answer Larynx
• Below the Larynx, this structure carries air to
  the lungs, a.k.a windpipe?
• Answer Trachea
• The trachea branches into two tubes called?
• Answer bronchi
• Each tube branches into smaller and smaller tubes
  in the lungs called ?
• Answer bronchioles
• These terminate in structures called?
• Answer Alveoli

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Lungs

• The left lung is divided into 2 of these while
  the right lung has 3?
• Answer lobes
• The outer membrane of the lungs is ?
• Answer pleura
• The outer layer is called parietal and the inner
  is called visceral, the space between is called
  the pleural space and contains fluid to stop this
  from occurring during respiration?
• Answer friction
• The space between the lungs is called the?
• Answer mediastinum

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Mechanics

• The lungs extend from the collarbone to this,
  which separates thorax from abdomen?
• Answer diaphragm
• Breathing begins when the diaphragm flattens
  (descends) after stimulation by?
• Answer phrenic nerve
• This causes inhalation (inspiration) by
  enlargement of the?
• Answer lungs
• The relaxation of the diaphragm causes?
• Answer exhalation (expiration)

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Pathology

• An upper respiratory infection, a common cold is
  also called?
• Answer coryza
• Inflammation of the larynx is called?
• Answer laryngitis
• A sore throat is caused by?
• Answer pharyngitis
• Bronchial spasms and swelling of membranes, along
  with SOB?
• Answer Asthma

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More Pathology

• Excessive fluid in the pleural space, resulting
  in dyspnea?
• Answer pleural effusion
• Obstruction of a pulmonary artery by clot from
  another area?
• Answer pulmonary embolism
• A bacterial infection causing cheese-like
  necrosis in the lungs?
• Answer tuberculosis

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Diagnostic Procedures

• The examination of the interior of the bronchi by
  a lighted flexible tube?
• Answer bronchoscopy
• Collection of pleural fluid or release of excess
  fluid or air by puncture of chest?
• Answer thoracentesis
• Series of tests to measure respiratory function?
• Answer pulmonary function test