Medical Terminology Respiratory System

severe acute respiratory syndrome

• SARS

• SIDS

• URI

• COPD

acute respiratory distress syndrome

• COPD

• URI

• ARDS

• SARS

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• COPD

• ARDS

• SIDS

• URI

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The term meaning the act of drawing a foreign substance into the upper respiratory tract is _______

• asperation

• hyperventilation

• asthma

• apnea

The term meaning the surgical repair of the trachea is ___________

• tracheoplasty

• apnea

• pleuralgia

• pneumorrhagia

The diaphragm is relaxed is _________

• exhalation

• asthma

• apnea

• effusion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

During an ________ attack the muscles of the airways contract

• asthma

• apnea

• laryngospasm

• effusion

The term meaning the absence of spontaneous respiration is _________

• asthma

• apnea

• effusion

• pleuralgia

The sudden spasmodic closure of the larynx is a ____________.

• laryngospasm

• pleuralgia

• effusion

• apnea

phon/o

• windpipe

• oxygen

• voice sounds

• rapid