Respiratory System Medical Terminology

The sudden spasmodic closure of the larynx is a ____________.

• laryngospasm

• pleuralgia

• effusion

• apnea

-ectasis

• voice box

• enlargement

• throat

• oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

laryng/o

• blue

• carries air into the lungs

• incomplete

• voice box

bronch/o

• blue

• lung

• carries air into the lungs

• throat

ox/o

• oxygen

• rapid

• chest

• blue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

pleur/o

• voice sounds

• multilayered membrane

• throat

• breathing

pharyng/o

• lung

• throat

• windpipe

• chest

trache/o

• lung

• breathing

• windpipe

• voice sounds

pulmon/o

• lung

• oxygen

• windpipe

• chest

pnea

• breathing

• chest

• multilayered membrane

• enlargement