Medical Terminology: Exam 2 (Study Guide)/50 Questions and Solutions

Medical Terminology: Exam 2 (Study
Guide)/50 Questions and Solutions
Bronchospasm - -narrowing of the pathway caused by contraction of smooth
muscles in the bronchioles.

Bronch/o= airway, bronchus
Spasm (suffix)= sudden involuntary muscle contraction

- Bradypnea - -abnormal flow of the breathing system

Brady- (prefix)= slow
-pnea (suffix)= breath

- Dysphonia - -hoarse voice

Dys- (prefix)= bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
-phonia (suffix)= condition of sound or voice

- Hypercapnia - -excessive levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood

Hyper- (prefix)= excessive, abnormally high, above
-Capnia (suffix)= condition of carbon dioxide

- Paroxysm - -sudden onset of symptomatic sharp pain or a convulsion

Par- (prefix)= other than, abnormal
ox/i= oxygen
-ism (suffix)= condition or disease

- Thoracalgia - -pain in the chest region

thorac/o= chest, thorax
-algia (suffix)= condition of pain

- Bronchiectasis - -chronic abnormal dilation of the bronchioles

bronch/i= airway, bronchus
-extasis (suffix)= expansion, dilation

- Atelectasis - -trauma or disease causes the aveoli to collapse and prevent
air from entering

atel/o= incomplete