Vocab #9

Question 0

Emphysema

Answer 0

Condition where air sacs in lungs are damaged and enlarged, causes breathless

Question 1

Surfractant

Answer 1

A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid or a solid or 2 liquids

Question 2

Hypoxia

Answer 2

Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching tissues

Question 3

Dyspnea

Answer 3

Difficult or labored breathing

Question 4

Apnea

Answer 4

Temporary halting of breathing, especially during sleep

Question 5

Pneumothorax

Answer 5

Air or gas in cavity between lungs and chest wall, causing collapsed lungs

Question 6

Pharynx

Answer 6

Cavity behind nose and mouth, connects them to the esophagus

Question 7

Larynx

Answer 7

The voice box

Question 8

Glottis

Answer 8

Space between vocal cords

Question 9

Epiglottis

Answer 9

Cartilage that covers opening of windpipe when swallowing

Question 10

Bronchus

Answer 10

Windpipe

Question 11

Bronchioles

Answer 11

Minute branches into which a bronchus divides

Question 12

Spiracles

Answer 12

Holes that insects breathe through

Question 13

Thracheoles

Answer 13

Any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea

Question 14

Heme group

Answer 14

4 of them per HB molecule, they hold oxygen