Deck 12: The Respiratory System

Question 1

The exchange of air between the body and the outside environment is ____________________ respiration.

Answer 1

external

Question 2

The transporting of oxygen to the body's cells and the removal of carbon dioxide from those cells is ____________________ respiration.

Answer 2

internal

Question 3

Air passes through the larynx to the ____________________.

Answer 3

trachea

Question 4

Food is prevented from entering the windpipe by the ____________________.

Question 5

The bronchi divide into smaller branches called ____________________.

Question 6

The nurse identifies the topmost section of the lung which is called the ____________________ to the patient.

Question 7

The nostrils are also called external ____________________.

Question 8

The physician documents "pharynx" and the medical assistant recognizes this as the ____________________.

Question 9

The health care provider documents the windpipe as the ____________________.

Question 10

The health care provider documents the back part of the throat as the ____________________.

Question 11

The vocal cords are strips of ____________________ tissue.

Question 12

The Adam's apple is made of thyroid ____________________.

Question 13

The point at which the trachea divides is the ____________________.

Question 14

The pharyngeal tonsils are the ____________________.

Question 15

Tapping over the lung area is ____________________.

Question 16

A tube used to view a body cavity is a(n) ____________________.

Question 17

The medical assistant understands that a sweat test is a test for ________.

Question 18

Inflammation of the nose is _______.

Question 19

The nurse documents normal breathing as ________.

Question 20

Abnormally shallow breathing is _____.

Question 21

Upon assessment, the nurse finds the patient is having difficulty breathing. The nurse notifies the physician that the patient is experiencing ______________.

Question 22

The nurse determines the patient is experiencing periods when there is no breathing. This is known as ___________.

Question 23

The medical assistant determines the physician wants to identify the organism growing in the oral airway when a ___________ culture is ordered.

Question 24

The child is making a high-pitched crowing sound when breathing. The nurse recognizes this as __________.

Question 25

Tuberculosis is caused by rod-shaped, __________, bacteria.

Question 26

Black lung is also known as ________.

Question 27

Inflammation of a lung is ___________.

Question 28

Dysphonia is _________.

Question 29

Identify the combining term lob/o with its closest definition.

Question 30

Identify the combining term alveol/o with its closest definition.

Question 31

Identify the combining term or/o with its closest definition.

A) Mouth
B) Oxygen
C) Pharynx
D) Diaphragm

Question 32

Identify the combining term phon/o with its closest definition.

A) Voice
B) Pleura
C) Air
D) Pharynx

Question 33

Identify the combining term pneum/o with its closest definition.

A) Voice
B) Pleura
C) Air
D) Pharynx

Question 34

Identify the combining term steth/o with its closest definition.

A) Chest
B) Nose
C) Breathing
D) Oxygen

Question 35

Food is prevented from going into the larynx by the __________.

A) glottis
B) epiglottis
C) pharynx
D) tonsils

Question 36

A test that provides a radiological picture of the trachea and bronchi is a __________.

A) bronchoscopy
B) bronchography
C) mediastinoscopy
D) mediastinography

Question 37

Hypoxemia is a deficient amount of oxygen in the __________, while hypoxia is a deficient amount of oxygen in the __________.

A) tissue, blood
B) blood, tissue
C) lungs, heart
D) heart, lungs

Question 38

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a term applied to any disease that causes chronic obstruction of the __________ and _________.

A) alveoli, lungs
B) bronchial tubes, alveoli
C) lungs, alveoli
D) bronchial tubes, lungs

Question 39

A pulmonary embolism is a clot in the __________.

A) lungs
B) bronchioles
C) trachea
D) pharynx

Question 40

An artificial opening in the trachea is a __________.

A) tracheotomy
B) tracheostomy
C) trachectomy
D) tracheoplasty

Question 41

The patient states she has asthma. What type of medications would the health care provider anticipate the patient is taking?

A) Decongestants
B) Antitussives
C) Bronchodilators
D) Expectorants

Question 42

The health care provider states the left lung has ____________________ lobes.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 43

The patient has blood in his sputum. The health care provider recognizes this may indicate ____________________.

A) tuberculosis
B) tonsillitis
C) pleuritis
D) diptheria