Ch 29 Respitory System Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Pharynx

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Has two functions to swallow food and take in air.

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Pneumothorax

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Air or gas that has sculpted between the plural layer which can cause shortness of breath. Sudden sharp pain.

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Trachea

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The windpipe. C shaped cartridge.

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Epistaxis

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Noose bleed caused by injury or trauma. Area highly vascular.

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Emphysema

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Condition with chronic cough, cyanosis, and barreled chest. Air sacs destroyed.

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Lung cancer

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Treatment is chemotherapy, radiation or surgical incision.

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Asthma

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Chronic disorder characterized by swelling, inflammation and constriction of the bronchi.

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Chonchae

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3 bones located on both sides of nasal cavity. Produces mucus.

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Mucus streaming

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Lines the trachea and bronchi.

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Intubation

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Tube that passes through mouth and larynx to help you breath.

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Tracheotomy

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Opening into trachea

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Alveoli

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Grape like cluster/ microscopic air sacs located at bottom of bronchils.

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Internal respiration

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Exchange of CO2 and 02 at cellular levels

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Cardiac notch

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Space in which the heart lies.

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Hiccoughs

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Spasms of diaphragm

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Yawning

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Deep prolonged breathing that fills the lungs. Caused by drop in o2 levels.

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Pandemic

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Considered worldwide

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Vocal cord

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Tighter and longer — high pitch

Shorter and looses — low pitch

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How much time can laps before the supply of o2 stops reaching the brain.

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No more than 4 minutes

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Coughing

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Deep breaths followed by forceful exhalation that can clear mucus from lower respiratory tract.

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Sneezing

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Air is forced through nose to clear upper respiratory structures

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Crying

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A change in breathing patterns that is in response to emotions.

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Surfactant

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Fatty molecule located on respiratory membrane

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Right lung

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Shorter, broader and has greater volume.

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Left lung
Longer and narrow
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Diaphragm
Dome shaped muscle that seperates the thoracic cavity from abdominal cavity.
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Primary bronchus
Divides to form secondary bronchi
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Secondary bronchi
Lobar bronchi
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Segmental bronchi
Tertiary bronchi
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Terminal bronchi
The last division of bronchiole tree