Respiratory System - Terminology Quiz

1. What is the medical term for Nose?

A. Lymph/o
B. Blephar/o
C. Phak/o
D. Rhin/o

2. What is the medical term for Co2?

A. Phak/o
B. Capn/o
C. Phak/o
D. None of the above

3. What is the medical term for Lung?

A. Plumon/o
B. Phak/o
C. Pneumon/o
D. Both A and C

4. What is the medical term for Diaphragm?

A. Phak/o
B. Pector/o
C. Phren/o
D. None of the above

5. What is the medical term for Chest region?

A. Pector/o
B. Periton/o
C. Phren/o
D. Phak/o

6. What is the medical term for Voice?

A. Phak/o
B. Phon/o
C. Phren/o
 D. None of the above

7. What is Rhinorrhagia?
A. Discharge from the nose
B. Bleeding from the sinus
C. Pain in the nose
D. Bleeding of the nose

8. What is hypoxia?
A. Increased oxygen level
B. Decreased oxygen level
C. Decreased carbon dioxide level
D. Absence of oxygen

9. What is Tachypnea?
A. Rapid breathing
B. Rapid heart rate
C. Slow breathing
D. Increased lung size

10. What is Sinusitis?

A. Inflammation of the nose
B. Inflammation of the sinus
C. Inflammation of the Nasal cavity
D. None of the above

11. What is tonsillectomy

A. Surgical incision of the tonsils
B. Removal of tonsils and adenoids
C. Inflammation of the tonsils
D. Surgical excision of the tonsils

12. What is Laryngoscope?

A. Visual examination of the larynx
B. Instrument used to examine the larynx
C. Surgical removal of the larynx
D. None of the above
13. What is Rhinorrhea?
A. Bleeding from the nose
B. Discharge from the sinus
C. Repair of the nose
D. Discharge from the nose

14. What is Laryngoxerosis?

A. Spasm of the larynx
B. Disease of the larynx
C. Abnormal dryness of the larynx
D. None of the above

15. What is aphonia?

A. Loss of speech
B. Not able to swallow food
C. Loss of hearing
D. Loss of vision

16. What is Tracheostomy?

A. Incision into Tracheo
B. Surgical opening into Tracheo
C. Inflammation of the Tracheo
D. Repair of the Tracheo

17. What is Bronchospasm?

A. Dilation of the bronchus
B. Disease of the bronchus
C. Edema in the bronchus
D. An abnormal narrowing of bronchus

18. What is Pneumonectomy?

A. Surgical removal of the lobe of the lung
B. Surgical removal of air from the lung
C. Surgical removal of the lung
D. Surgical fixation of the lungs
19. What is Pneumothorax?
A. Air in the pleural cavity
B. Softening of the pleural cavity
C. Presence of lung in the thoracic region
D. None of the above

20. What is Thoracocentesis?

A. Pain in the thoracic region
B. Surgical incision into the thoracic region
C. Puncture aspiration of fluid from the thoracic region
D. Excision of the lung

21. What is Rhinitis?

A. Inflammation of the nose
B. Inflammation of the sinus
C. Discharge of the sinus
D. None of the above

22. What is Hypercapnia?

A. Decreased level of carbon dioxide
B. Increased level of oxygen
C. Increased level of carbon dioxide
D. Increased number of capillaries

23. What is Bronchiectasis?

A. Narrowing of the bronchus
B. Dilation of the bronchus
C. Fungal infection of the bronchus
D. Inflammation of the bronchus

24. What is Pyothorax?

A. Blood in the pleural cavity
B. Water in the pleural cavity
C. Gas in the pleural cavity
D. Pus in the pleural cavity
25. What is Pleuropexy?
A. Surgical fixation of the pleura
B. Surgical freeing of adhesions
C. Surgical removal of pleura
D. None of the above

26. What is Spirometer?

A. Exercise to increase lung volume
B. Excision of the spleen
C. An apparatus used to measure the lung volume
D. None of the above

27. What is Bronchoplasty?

A. Surgical repair of the bronchial defect
B. Excision of the Bronchus
C. Resection of the bronchus
D. Both B and C

28. What is alveolitis?

A. Pain in the alveoli
B. Resection of the alveoli
C. Spasm in the alveoli
D. Inflammation of the alveoli

29. What is Thoracalgia?

A. Thoracic vertebra
A. Throat pain
B. Thoracic pain
C. Thoracic swelling

30. What is hydrothorax?

A. Collection of fluid in the pleural cavity
B. Increase pleural fluid volume
C. Collection of hydrogen in the cavity
D. None of the above
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Answers:
1 D 16 B
2 B 17 D
3 D 18 C
4 C 19 A
5 A 20 C
6 B 21 A
7 D 22 C
8 B 23 B
9 A 24 D
10 B 25 A
11 D 26 C
12 B 27 A
13 D 28 D
14 C 29 B
15 A 30 A