Medical Terminology Exam 6

What is the process of taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide called?

Respiration

What does inspiration mean?

Breathing in

What does expiration mean?

Breathing out

What muscle helps you breather by moving up and down?

Diaphragm

What happens to carbon dioxide in the body?

Breathed out

What prevents food from entering the airway?

Epiglottis

What are the openings of the nose called?

Nares

What is the space between lungs called?

The mediastinum

Pulmonary refers to the

Lung

pharyng/o means

Throat

Where do vessels and airways enter the lungs?

Hilum

What is not a function of cilia?

Oxygenating

What surrounds the lungs?

The pleura

What are alveoli?

Air sacs for gas exchange

Which part of the lung sits on the diaphragm?

Base

The left lung has how many lobes?

2

What disease causes a barking cough in children?

Croup

What diseases causes a whooping cough?

Pertussis

COPD stands for?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Pneumonia affects which structure?

Alveoli

What does -ema mean?

Condition

What is a collapsed lung called?

Atelectasis

Asthma is:

Airway inflammation that comes and goes

WHat is the main cause of emphysema?

Smoking

Emphysema damages:

Alveoli

Cracking lung sounds are called:

Rales

Tuberculosis is caused by:

Bacteria

Pulmonary fibrosis means?

Scar tissue in lungs

What is a pneumothorax?

Air in chest cavity

Removing fluid from around the lungs is called:

Thoracentesis

What is the main difference between plasma and serum?

Serum lacks clotting proteins

What does plasma mainly consist of?

water

What do red blood cells do?

Carry oxygen

What do white blood cells do?

Fight infection

What do platelets do?

Help blood to clot

Which blood type is universal recipient?

AB

thromb/o means:

Clot

erythr/o means:

red

What enzyme converts fibrinogen to fibrin?

Thrombin

What converts into thrombin?

Prothrombin

What protein forms the clot?

fibrinogen

Hematopoiesis means?

Blood formation

Basophils release:

Histamine & heparin

ALL stands for:

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

Iron deficiency anemia means:

Not enough hemoglobin made

Too many RBC is called

Polycythemia vera

Hemophilia causes:

Excess bleeding

Pancytopenia means:

Low levels of all blood cells

Hemolytic anemia is caused by:

RBC destruction

What does -emia mean?

Blood condition

Leukemia is:

Cancer of blood cells

Aplastic anemia means:

Bone marrow not making cells

Hemochromatosis is:

Too much iron

CBC stands for:

Complete blood count

Hematocrit measures:

% of RBC in blood

PT test measures:

clotting time

PTT measures:

Clotting pathway

Transfusion means:

Giving blood

Bone marrow biopsy checks:

Blood cell production

Platelet count measures:

Clotting cells

Multiple myeloma is:

Bone marrow cancer

Hay fever is:

allergic rhinitis

AIDS stands for:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Severe allergic reaction is:

Anaphylaxis

Opportunistic infection happens when:

Weak immune system

HIV attacks:

CD4 cells

Antigens:

triggers immune response

Antibody does:

Attack antigen

Immunoglobulins are:

Antibodies

B cells:

Make antibodies

T cells:

attack infected cells

Macrophages:

Eat pathogens

Natural immunity is:

Born with it

Acquired immunity is:

Developed after exposure

Vaccination is:

Artificial immunity

Thoaracic duct drains:

left + lower body

Lymph nodes do:

filter lymph

Spleen:

filters blood, and fights infection

Thymus:

Develops T cells

ELISA test is for:

HIV screening

CD4 count measures:

Immune strength

Viral Load measures:

Amount of HIV

Protease inhibitors:

Block HIV replication

Immunotherapy is:

Using immune system to treat disease

Monoclonal antibodies:

Target cancer cells

Cytokines are:

Immune signaling proteins

Lymphedema is:

swelling from lymph blockage

Hodgkin disease is:

Lymph cancer

Allergen is:

Allergy causing substanced

Immunity means:

Protection from disease