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Which of the following is/are essential for blood clotting?

platelets

Crackles are also known as:

rales

Which of the following prevents food from entering the airway?

epiglottis

The exchange of gases within the body is called

respiration

Pneumocystis pneumonia is often seen in people with:

HIV

Which structure filters air as it enters the respiratory tract?

nose

Pharyng/o is the combing for for the:

throat

What term means specialized lymph vessels in the small intestine that absorb fat into the bloodstreem?

lacteals

Hodgkins disease is an example of:

lymphoma

Which of the following conditions is characterized by the failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells?

aplastic anemia

All of the following are part of the pharnyx except?

epiglottis

All of the following are lung sounds except:

cheyne-stokes

The normal adult PLT is:

150000-450000

Eosinophil is named for what color of stain of its granules?

rose

Which of the following is a granular leukocyte that fights infection by phagocytosis?

neutrophil

The trachea splits into the right and left:

bronchi

Which of the following take lymph from the tissues to the vessels?

capillaries

Blood is responsible for all of the following except:

carrying fats away from digestive organs

Red cell morphology involves the study of what aspect of red blood cells ?

form

The proteiniron compound that has the bonding capabilities for the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide is:

hemoglobin

The term for bosebleed is:

epistaxis

What is the term for the membranes enclosing the lung and lining the thoracic cavity?

pleura

Which of the following are described as hairlike?

cilia

The obstructive pulmonary disease caused by spasm of the bronchial tubes with attacks of wheezing, dyspnea, and cough is:

asthma

Venipuncture is also called:

phlebotomy

Leukocytes are:

white blood cells

The term describing solid material within the air spaces of the lungs as noted on an x-ray is:

pulmonary infiltrate

Dysphonia is a condition of:

hoarseness

Granulocytes and agranulocytes are:

white blood cells

Alveolar pertains to:

air sac

Oropharnyx refers to the throat and what other organ?

mouth

how many lung lobes are there?

five

Immun/o is a combining from meaning:

safe

The thin-walled microscopic air sacs that exchange gases are called:

alveoli

The systemic disease caused by infection of microorganisms and their toxins in the circulating blood is called

septicemia

Accumulation of air and blood in the pleural cavity is:

pneumohemothorax

A substance produced by the body that destroys an antigen that has entered the body is a/n

antibody

Chyl/o

juice

PaO2 refers to measuring :

oxygen in the blood

Polymorphonuclear leukocyte is an example of a/n:

neutrophil

What type of imaging technology is involved in a lung scan?

nuclear medicine

The doctor who is specializes in the study and treatment of the lung is called a/an:

pulmonologist

Another term for pharyngeal tonsil is:

adenoid

Which system maintains the internal fluid environment by acting as an intermediary between the blood in the capillaries and tissue cells?

lymphatic system

The prefix in hypoxia means:

deficient

The study of blood is:

hematology

All of the following are leukocytes except:

red blood cells

A bleeding disorder caused by a defect in clotting factors necessary for the coagulation of blood:

hemophilia

Thrombocytes are also known as:

platelets

An increase of immature erythrocytes in the blood is called:

reticulocytosis