Cristopher Estevez 20-0569

Define the following surgical terms.

1. Pneumonectomy: excision of a lung

2. Tracheotomy: incision of the trachea.

3. Adenoidectomy: excision of the adenoids

4. Rhinoplasty: surgical repair of the nose.

5. Pleuronectes’s: surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from pleural

space. 6. Tracheostomy: creation of an artificial opening into the
trachea. 7. Sinusotomy: incision of a sinus.

8. Laryngoplasty: surgical repair of the larynx.

9. Pneumobronchotomy: incision of lung and
bronchus. 10. Bronchoplasty: surgical repair of a
bronchus.

11. Lobectomy: excision of a lobe of the lung.

12. Laryngotracheotomy: incision of the larynx and

trachea 13. Tracheoplasty: surgical repair of the trachea.

14. Thoracotomy: incision into the chest cavity.

15. Laryngostomy: creation of an artificial opening into the

larynx 16. Laryngectomy: excision of the larynx.

17. Thoracocentesis: surgical puncture of chest cavity to aspirate

fluid. 18. Tonsillectomy: excision of the tonsils.

19. Laryngocentesis: surgical puncture of the larynx to aspirate

fluid. 20. Pleuropexy: surgical fixation of the pleura

21. Septoplasty: surgical repair of the (nasal) septum.

22. Septotomy: incision into the (nasal) septum
EXERCISE 8 Write each of the surgical terms
1. Adenoidectomy 12.Pneumonectom1

2. Bronchoplasty 3. Rhinoplasty

3. Laryngectomy 14. Septoplasty

4. Laryngocentesis 15. Septotomy

5. Laryngoplasty 16. Sinusotomy

6. Laryngostomy 17.Thoracocentesis

7.Laryngotracheotomy 18. Thoracotomy

8. Lobectomy 19. Tonsillectomy

9. Pleuronectes’s 20. Tracheoplasty

10. Pleuropexy 21. Tracheostomy

11.Pneumobronchotomy 22. Tracheotomy
EXERCISE 9

Define the following diagnostic procedural terms.

1. Spirometer: instrument used to measure breathing (or lung
volumes). 2. Laryngoscope: instrument used for visual examination of
the larynx. 3. Bronchogram: x-ray film of the bronchi.

4. Spirometry: a measurement of breathing (or lung volumes).

5. Oximeter: instrument used to measure oxygen

6. Bronchography: process of x-ray filming the bronchi

7. Laryngoscopy: visual examination of the larynx.

8. Bronchoscope: instrument used for visual examination of the bronchi. 9.

Thoracoscope: instrument used for visual examination of the thorax 10. Endoscope:
instrument used for visual examination within a hollow organ or body cavity.

11. Thoracoscopy: visual examination of the thorax

12. Endoscopic: visual examination of a hollow organ or body

cavity.

13. Bronchoscopy: visual examination of the bronchi