- Surgical reconstruction or cosmetic alteration of the nose is termed
- rhinectomy
- rhinoplasty
- rhinopexy
- rhinotomy
- rhinoscopy
- A faster than normal respiratory rate of breathing is termed
- dyspnea
- apnea
- tachypnea
- pleurisy
- pneumoconiosis
- Hemoptysis is a term describing
- a bloody nose
- bleeding from the gums
- blood in the chest cavity
- a clot in a pulmonary artery
- coughing up blood from the lungs
- A patient with a foreign body trapped in a lung passageway would be a candidate for which of the following procedures?
- Laryngoscopy
- Tracheostomy
- Bronchoscopy
- Laryngectomy
- Pulmonectomy
- Patients with pneumonia often find it difficult or painful to take deep breaths. The term for this is
- tachypnea
- dyspnea
- apnea
- atelectasis
- emphysema
- A special procedure to examine the blood vessels of the lungs by X-ray is called
- a lung scan
- thoracocentesis
- bronchoscopy
- endotracheal intubation
- pulmonary angiography
- A tracheostomy is a procedure involving
- visual examination of the interior of the trachea
- a temporary opening cut into the trachea
- a permanent opening cut into the trachea
- visual examination of the lung passageways
- surgical reconstruction of a crushed trachea
- Epistaxis is the term for
- a collapsed lung
- a nosebleed
- uncontrollable sneezing
- coughing up blood from the lungs
- ‘miner’s lung’ disease
