University:
West Coast University
Course:
HA 100 | Medical Terminology
Academic year:

2019
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415

Pages:

13
Author:

Nyasia Cardenas

1. The lymphoid tissues located behind the nasal cavity are called: bronchioles adenoids tonsils "small mass or almond" paranasal sinuses 2. Both food and air travel through the: mouth and pharynx or throat esophagus trachea larynx - voice box 3. The double-sac membrane that covers each lung and lines the thoracic cavity is the: pleura peritoneum mediastinum pericardium 4. The surgical term for the puncture of the chest cavity in order to aspirate ﬂuid is called: pneumonectomy thoracocentesis pleuropexy bronchoplasty 5. The medical term 'hypoxemia' means: deﬁcient oxygen in the blood deﬁcient carbon dioxide in the blood excessive oxygen in the blood excessive carbon dioxide in the blood 6. The area in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged is called the: pleura alveolus or cavity (alveolar sacs) bronchus bronchioles 7. Pulmonary Endo/scop/y is best used to _____________ diseases of the Respiratory System. listen to prevent treat or cure view and diagnose 8. The term Ortho/dont/ist literally means: good/teeth mouth/teeth straight/teeth/specialist long/teeth 9. The term Eu/pnea actually means: well, easy, true, normal, or good breathing total air good talking normal speech 10. The term Dys/phasia means difﬁcult or faulty: recording sound or voice breathing speech or utterance 11. The term Trache/os/tom/y actually means: instrument used for visual examination of throat stretching out, dilatation, or expansion of the lung creation of an artiﬁcial mouth-like opening in the throat and neck cut into or incision into neck 12. The sufﬁx ___________ is added to word part Pneumono-/________ to refer to the surgical procedure of puncturing the lung and aspirating ﬂuids like blood, pus, & lymph. This procedure promotes easy breathing and cell oxygenation. -centesis -ostomy -ectomy -otomy