Chapter 4 Respiratory System

Medical terminology

When you see the term nas/o/gastr/ic tube, you will know it refers to a device inserted into the ____________ and into the ____________________.

nose, stomach

The CF pharyng/o means ____________________ (____________________).

pharynx (throat)

CFs for nose are __________ / _____ and __________ / _____.

nas/o, rhin/o

The term in this frame that means near or beside the nose is __________ / __________ / __________.

para/nas/al

surgical repair of the nose: __________ / _____ / ____________________ incision of the nose: __________ / _____ / __________

rhin/o/plasty

rhin/o/tomy

Build a term that means discharge from the nose: __________ / _____ / __________

rhin/o/rrhea

Profuse bleeding from the nose is charted with the Dx __________ / _____ / ____________________.

A runny discharge from the nose is charted with the Dx __________ / _____ / __________.

rhin/o/rrhagia

rhin/o/rrhea

Infl ammation of the nose is called __________ / __________.

A physician who specializes in diseases of the nose is a __________ / _____ / ____________________.

rhin/itis

rhin/o/logist

CFs pneum/o and pneumon/o mean ___________; __________.

air; lung

Combine aer/o -phagia to form a medical term that means swallowing air: __________ / _____ / ____________________.

aer/o/phagia

The suffix -therapy is used in words to mean treatment. Aer/o/ therapy is treatment of diseases by use of ___________.

Air

Hydr/o/therapy is treatment of diseases by use of ___________.

water

Aer/o/hydr/o/therapy is treatment by application of ___________ and ___________.

air, water

air: __________ / _____ / ____________________

water: __________ / _____ / ____________________

air and water: __________ / _____ / __________ / _____ / ____________________

aer/o/therapy

hydr/o/therapy

aer/o/hydr/o/therapy

pharynx (throat): ____________________ / _____

fungus: ___________

abnormal condition: ___________

pharyng/o

myc

\-osis

Pharyng/o/myc/osis is a fungal disease of the _________________.

pharynx or throat

The suffix -plegia means paralysis. Pharyng/o/plegia and pharyng/o/paralysis are used to describe muscle paralysis of the ____________________.

pharynx

When you see CA in a medical chart, you will know it is an abbreviation for ____________________.

cancer

infl ammation of the pharynx (throat): ____________________ / __________ surgical repair of the pharynx (throat): ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

incision of the pharynx (throat): ____________________ / _____ / __________

instrument to incise the pharynx (throat): ____________________ / _____ / __________

involuntary contraction or twitching of the pharynx (throat): ____________________ / _____ / __________

pharyng/itis

pharyng/o/plasty

pharyng/o/tomy

pharyng/o/tome

pharyng/o/spasm

Use -cele to build a word that literally means hernia or swelling of the pharynx: ____________________ / _____ / __________

pharyng/o/cele

Pharyng/o/stenosis is a narrowing, or ____________________ of the ____________________.

stricture, pharynx

From the term laryng/itis (infl ammation of the larynx), construct the CF for larynx: ____________________ / _____

laryng/o

Combine laryng/o -scope to form a word that means instrument to view the larynx: ____________________ / _____ / __________

laryng/o/scope

In either case, when excision of the larynx is performed, the surgery is called a ____________________ / ____________________.

laryng/ectomy

Use -spasm to build a medical term meaning spasm of the larynx: ____________________ / _____ / __________

laryng/o/spasm

Determine the elements that mean narrowing, stricture: ____________________ larynx: ____________________ / _____

\-stenosis

laryng/o

inflammation of larynx: ____________________ / __________ instrument to view or examine the larynx: ____________________ / _____ / __________

visual examination of larynx: ____________________ / _____ / __________

narrowing or stricture of larynx: ____________________ / _____ / ___________________

laryng/itis

laryng/o/scope

laryng/o/scopy

laryng/o/stenosis

The diminutive suffix –ole means small, minute. Thus, smaller segments of the bronchus are called ____________________ / __________.

bronchi/oles

The singular form of bronchi is ____________________.

bronchus

The CF chondr/o refers to cartilage. Chondr/itis is an inflammation of ____________________.

cartilage

surgical repair of cartilage: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

disease of cartilage: ____________________ / _____ / __________

tumor (or tumorlike growth) of cartilage: ____________________ / ____________

chondr/o/plasty

chondr/o/pathy

chondr/oma

When an emergency situation warrants creation of an opening into the trachea, the procedure performed is ____________________ / _____ / __________.

The surgical procedure that means forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea is ____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

trache/o/stomy

trache/o/stomy

Use -malacia to form a word that literally means softening of the trachea:

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

trache/o/malacia

disease of the trachea: ____________________ / _____ / __________

surgical repair of the trachea: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

narrowing or stricture of the trachea: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

incision of the trachea: ____________________ / _____ / __________

trache/o/pathy

trache/o/plasty

trache/o/stenosis

trache/o/tomy

Trache/o/laryng/o/tomy is an incision of the ____________________ and ____________________.

trachea, larynx

Change the singular form of bronchus to a plural form: ____________________

bronchi

The medical term for this condition is bronchi/o/spasm or ____________________ / _____ / __________.

bronch/o/spasm

The medical term for this condition is ____________________ / ____________________.

bronchi/ectasis

infl ammation of bronchi: ____________________ / __________ involuntary contraction or twitching of the bronchus: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

narrowing or stricture of bronchi: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

bronch/itis

bronch/o/spasm

bronch/o/stenosis

The medical term for red blood cells is ____________________ / _____ / __________. '

The abbreviation O2 means ____________________.

The abbreviation CO2 means ____________________ ____________________.

erythr/o/cytes

oxygen

carbon dioxide

Micro/scopic capillaries are visible to the eye through the use of a magnifying instrument called a __________ / __________.

micro/scope

Clusters of air sacs at the end of the bronchi/al tree are called ____________________ (plural).

alveoli

The abbreviation for oxygen is ___________.

The abbreviation for carbon dioxide is ___________.

O2

CO2

Gas exchange between the body and the outside environment is called ____________________ ____________________.

Gas exchange at the cellular level between the blood and body tissue cells is called ____________________ ____________________.

external respiration

internal respiration

Pneumon/itis is an ____________________ of the __________.

inflammation, lung(s)

pneumon/o means __________ or __________. -ia means ____________________ (noun ending)

air, lung

condition

Use pneumon/o to form a word that means excision of a lung: ____________________ / ____________________

pneumon/ectomy

Use pneumon/o to form a word that means herniation of the lung: ____________________ / _____ / __________

pneumon/o/cele

abnormal condition of the lungs: ____________________ / __________ disease of the lung: ____________________ / _____ / __________

excision of a lung: ____________________ / ____________________

pneumon/osis

pneumon/o/pathy

pneumon/ectomy

The suffix -centesis is used in words to denote a surgical puncture. Pneum/o/centesis is a surgical puncture to aspirate the __________.

lung(s)

Construct another word that means surgical puncture of a lung. ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

pneumon/o/centesis

pneumon/o means: __________ or __________

melan/o means: __________

\-osis means: ____________________ ____________________

lung(s), air

black

abnormal condition

O2 refers to ____________________. CO2 refers to ____________________ ____________________.

oxygen

carbon dioxide

Lung CA patients may undergo a lob/ectomy, which is a(n) ____________________ of a lobe.

excision or removal

From lob/ar (pertaining to the lobe), construct the CF for lobe: __________ / _____

lob/o

inflammation of a lobe: __________ / __________

incision of a lobe: ___________ / _____ / __________

excision of a lobe: __________ / ____________________

lob/itis

lob/o/tomy

lob/ectomy

Pleur/itis is an ____________________ of the pleura.

inflammation

From pleur/o/dynia, identify the CF for pleura: __________ / _____

pleur/o

Pain in the pleura is known as __________ / _____ / __________ or __________ / __________.

pleur/o/dynia

pleur/dynia

Pleur/o/pneumon/ia is pleurisy complicated with pneumonia. The CF for air or lung is ____________________ / _____.

pneumon/o or pneum/o

inflammation of the pleura: __________ / __________ hernia or swelling of the pleura: __________ / _____ / __________

pleur/itis

pleur/o/cele

Pleurisy is an infl ammation of the pleura. Pleur/itis is also an ____________________ of the ____________________.

inflammation, pleura

Whenever you see pleur/isy or pleur/itis, you will know it means ____________________ of the ____________________.

inflammation, pleura

This condition may cause pleur/algia, which is also called __________ / _____ / __________.

pleur/o/dynia

a-: ____________________, __________ brady-: __________

dys-: __________; ____________________; ____________________

eu-: __________, ____________________

tachy-: __________

\-pnea: ____________________

without, not

slow

bad; painful; difficult

good, normal

rapid

breathing

A term that literally means without breathing is __________ / __________.

a/pnea

When there is temporary cessation of breathing, the event is documented in the medical record as __________ / __________.

a/pnea

continuous positive airway pressure: ___________

obstructive sleep apnea: ___________

CPAP

OSA

without or not breathing: __________ / _____

painful or difficult breathing: __________ / __________

a/pnea

dys/pnea

A patient with pleurisy may experience __________ / __________.

dys/pnea

From eu/pnea, determine word elements that mean

good, normal: ___________ breathing: ___________

eu-

\-pnea

without breathing: __________ / __________

difficult or labored breathing: __________ / __________

normal breathing: __________ / __________

rapid breathing: __________ / _________

a/pnea

dys/pnea

eu/pnea

tachy/pnea

breathing: ___________

straight: __________ / _____

\-pnea

orth/o

The CF thorac/o means chest. Form a word that means incision of the chest: ____________________ / _____ / __________

thorac/o/tomy

.This procedure is called thoracentesis, or ____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

thorac/o/centesis

To remove fluid from the thorac/ic cavity, the physician performs the surgical procedure called thorac/o/centesis, also known as ____________________.

thoracentesis

The CF phren/o also refers to the mind. When you want to build words that refer to the diaphragm or mind, use the CF __________ / _____.

phren/o

Whereas phren/o/logy is the study of the mind, phren/o/ ptosis refers to a prolapse or downward displacement of the ____________________.

diaphragm

Involuntary contraction or twitching of the diaphragm is documented in the medical record as __________ / _____ / __________.

phren/o/spasm

into the lungs: ____________________ out of the lungs: ____________________

inspiration or inhalation

expiration or exhalation

As their name implies, the muscles between adjacent ribs are known as the __________ / __________ / __________ muscles

inter/cost/al

During inspiration (or inhalation), the diaphragm ____________________. During expiration (or exhalation), the diaphragm ____________________.

descends

ascends

Recall aer/o is the CF for ___________.

air

The medical word that means fear of air is __________ / _____ / ____________________.

aer/o/phobia

Combine hem/o and -phobia to form a word that means fear of blood. __________ / _____ / ____________________

hem/o/phobia

Determine the CF that means

mucus: __________ / _____

fungus: __________ / _____

muc/o

myc/o

pneumon/o: ___________ or ___________

myc: ____________________

\-osis: ____________________ ____________________

air, lung

fungus

abnormal condition

it may be a more serious pulmon/ary disease called _____________________ _____________________ / __________.

chronic bronch/itis

Use bronchi/o to build a term that means pertaining to the bronchi: ____________________ / __________ Use bronch/o to build a term that means inflammation of the bronchi: ____________________ / __________

bronchi/al

bronch/itis

The medical term for infl amed larynx is ____________________ / __________.

laryng/itis

Identify elements in bronch/o/pneumon/ia that mean

bronchus: ____________________ / _____

air; lung: ____________________ condition: ___________

bronch/o

pneumon

-ia

A type of pneumon/ia that involves the lungs and bronchi/oles is called ____________________ / _____ / ____________________ / __________.

bronch/o/pneumon/ia

In Frame 4-100, the diminutive element that means small or minute is ___________.

oles

Identify two terms in this frame that refer to an immune system incapable of resisting path/o/gen/ic organisms: ____________________ or _____________________________

compromised, immunocompromised

Destruction of alveoli occurs in the respiratory disease known as ____________________ / __________.

emphys/ema

The abbreviation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is ___________.

Three major path/o/logic/al conditions associated with COPD are chronic bronch/itis, ____________________, and ____________________ / __________.

COPD

asthma, emphys/ema

The medical term that means infl ammation of bronchi is ____________________ / __________.

bronch/itis

The medical term for painful or diffi cult breathing is __________ / __________.

dys/pnea

When CA spreads to other parts of the body, the medical term used to describe that condition is ____________________

metastasize or metastasis

The abbreviation TB refers to ____________________.

The name tuberculosis is derived from small lesions that appear in the lungs called ____________________.

tuberculosis

tubercles