Medical Terminology Simplified

570 APPENDIX B• Answer Key

Vocabulary Review

1.subcutaneous 6. suction lipectomy 11.onychoma 16.xeroderma

2.diaphoresis 7. onychomycosis 12.hirsutism 17.melanoma

3.trichopathy 8. pressure ulcers 13.pustule 18.lipocele

4.autograft 9. leukemia 14.papules 19.xanthoma

5.Kaposi sarcoma 10.ecchymosis 15.erythrocyte 20.onychomalacia

CHAPTER 4: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Section Review 4–1

Term Meaning

1. laryng/o/scope -scope: instrument for examining; larynx (voice box)


2. py/o/thorax -thorax: chest; pus


3. hyp/oxia -oxia: oxygen; under, below, deficient


4. trache/o/stomy -stomy: forming an opening (mouth); trachea (windpipe)


5. a/pnea -pnea: breathing; without, not


6. pulmon/o/logist -logist: specialist in the study of; lung


7. pneumon/ia -ia: condition; air; lung


8. rhin/o/rrhea -rrhea: discharge, flow; nose


9. an/osmia -osmia: smell; without, not


10. pneum/ectomy -ectomy: excision, removal; air; lung

Section Review 4–2

1.aer/o 5. -stomy 9.-cele 13.pharyng/o 17.-therapy

2.para- 6. -tomy 10.neo- 14.-stenosis 18.a-, an-

3.myc/o 7. -tome 11.nas/o, rhin/o 15.-phagia 19.-scopy

4.-ectasis 8. laryng/o 12.-plegia 16.trache/o 20.hydr/o

Competency Verification, Figure 4–2

Identifying upper and lower respiratory tracts, page 113.

1.nasal cavity 5.trachea (windpipe) 9.alveoli

2.pharynx (throat) 6.right and left primary bronchi 10.pulmonary capillaries

3.larynx (voice box) 7.bronchioles 11.pleura

4.epiglottis 8.left lung 12.diaphragm

Section Review 4–3

1.-osis 6.bronch/o, bronchi/o 11.myc/o 16.macro- 21.orth/o

2.brady- 7.hem/o 12.eu- 17.tachy- 22.-stenosis

3.dys- 8.thorac/o 13.-cele 18.pneum/o, pneumon/o 23.-centesis

4.melan/o 9.-ectasis 14.-scope 19.pleur/o 24.a-

5.-pnea 10.-phobia 15.-spasm 20.micro- 25.chondr/o

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