Respiratory Medical Terms
Across
- 3. spir/o/meter, instrument used to measure breathing (lung volume)
- 4. trache/o/plasty, surgical repair of the trachea
- 10. pneum/o/thorax, air in the chest cavity
- 11. windpipe
- 12. bronch/o/scopy, visual examination of the bronchi
- 16. of or pertaining to the pharynx
- 17. of or pertaining to the tonsils
- 18. rhin/itis, inflammation of the nose
- 21. of or pertaining to the nose
- 22. pleur/itis, inflammation of the pleura
- 23. partition separating the thorax from the abdomen
- 26. of or pertaining to the adenoids
- 27. oval-shaped mass of lymphatic tissue
- 29. of or pertaining to the larynx
- 30. large air passages of the lungs
- 31. dividing wall or partition
- 32. flap of cartilage located at the base of the tongue
Down
- 1. thorac/o/tomy, incision into the chest cavity
- 2. normal breathing
- 5. lob/ectomy, excision of the lobe(s)
- 6. hyper/capn/ia, condition of excessive carbon dioxide levels in the blood
- 7. radi/o/graphy, process of recording x-rays
- 8. hollow cavity within a bone
- 9. tachy/pnea, rapid breathing
- 13. part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity
- 14. son/o/graphy, process of recording sound
- 15. pulmon/ary, pertaining to the lung(s)
- 19. sept/o/plasty, surgical repair of the septum
- 20. a/pnea, absence of breathing
- 24. hyp/ox/emia, condition of deficient oxygen
- 25. orth/o/pnea, breathing is easier in a straight position
- 28. incision into the pharynx