Reportory System

Question 0

What is the Mediastinum?

Answer 0

In the chest between the lungs where the trachea divides into two branches called bronchial tubes

Question 1

What is the Hilum?

Answer 1

Midline region of lungs where blood

vessels, nerves, lymphatic tissue, and bronchial tubes enter and exit the organ.

Question 2

What are the apex and the base?

Answer 2

The uppermost part of the lungs is called apex the lower area is the base

Question 3

What is asthma?

Answer 3

Spasm and narrowing of bronchi which leads to bronchial airway obstruction

Question 4

What is asbestosis?

Answer 4

Asbestos particles accumulate in the lungs

Question 5

What is Chronic Bronchitis?

Answer 5

Inflammation of the bronchi what persists for a long time.

Question 6

What is coup?

Answer 6

Acute Respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by obstruction of that Larynx barking cough.

Question 7

What is diptheria?

Answer 7

Acute infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract caused by corynebacterium.

Question 8

What is lung cancer?

Answer 8

Cancerous tumors arising from a bronchus.

Question 9

What is pertussis?

Answer 9

AKA (whooping cough); bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea caused by Bordetella pertussis a highly contagious bacteria.

Question 10

what is mesothelioma?

Answer 10

A malignant tumor arising in the pleura.

Question 11

What is pneumonia?

Answer 11

Acute inflammation and infection of alveoli; which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction.

Question 12

What is tuberculosis?

Answer 12

An infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis; lungs are usually involved, but any organ in the body may be affected.

Question 13

What is the pneumothorax?

Answer 13

Accumulation of air or gas in the plural cavity.

Question 14

The outer fold of pleura lying closest to the ribs:

Answer 14

Parietal Pleura

Question 15

Collections of lymph tissue in the Nasopharynx.

Answer 15

Adenoids

Question 16

The windpipe is known as:

Answer 16

Trachea

Question 17

The lid-like piece of cartilage the covers the voice box:

Answer 17

Epiglottis

Question 18

Branches of windpipe that lead to lungs:

Answer 18

Bronchi

Question 19

The region of the lungs in the chest cavity:

Answer 19

Mediastinum

Question 20

Air-containing cavities in the bones around the nose:

Answer 20

Paranasal Sinuses

Question 21

Thin hairs attached to the mucous membrane lining the respiratory tract:

Answer 21

Cilia

Question 22

The inner fold if pleura closest to lung tissue:

Answer 22

Visual Pleura

Question 23

The throat is known as:

Answer 23

Pharynx

Question 24

Air sacs of the lung

Answer 24

Alveoli

Question 25

The voice box is called

Answer 25

Larynx

Question 26

Smallest branches of bronchi are:

Answer 26

Bronchioles

Question 27

Collections of lymph tissue in the pharynx:

Answer 27

Palatine Tonsils

Question 28

The midline region of the lungs where the bronchi, blood vessels, and nerves enter and exit the lung

Answer 28

Hilum

Question 29

The apical part of the lungs is the:

Answer 29

Apex of the Lung

Question 30

The gases that passes into the bloodstream of the lungs:

Answer 30

Oxygen CO2

Question 31

Breathing in the air is called

Answer 31

Inspiration (inhalation)

Question 32

Divisions of the lung that perform it's main function are:

Answer 32

Pulmonary Parenchyma

Question 33

The exchange of gases in the lung is called:

Answer 33

External Respiration

Question 34

The exchange of gases at the tissue cells:

Answer 34

Internal Respiration

Question 35

Acute infectious disease of the throat caused by Corynebacterium:

Answer 35

Diphtheria

Question 36

Acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants that's marked by obstruction of the larynx and stridor:

Answer 36

Coup

Question 37

Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls:

Answer 37

Emphysema

Question 38

Inflammation of tubes that lead from trachea; lasts for a long period of time:

Answer 38

Chronic Bronchitis

Question 39

Spasm and narrowing of bronchi, leading to obstruction:

Answer 39

Asthma

Question 40

Lungs or a portion of a lung is collapsed:

Answer 40

Atelectasis

Question 41

Malignant neoplasm originating in a bronchus:

Answer 41

Bronchogenic Carcinoma

Question 42

Whooping cough:

Answer 42

Pertussis

Question 43

Inherited disease of exocrine glands that leads to airway obstruction:

Answer 43

Cystic Fibrosis

Question 44

Asbestos particles accumulate in the lungs

Answer 44

Asbestosis

Question 45

Inflammatory disease in which small nodules form in lungs and lymph nodes.

Answer 45

Sarcoidosis