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Week Four: Breath Of Fresh Air Flashcards

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What is ventilation

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Mechanical process of breathing

Bringing fresh air into the lungs

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What is respiration

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Exchange of gases between the atmosphere and body cells

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What are the structures in the upper respiratory tract

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Nose
Mouth
Pharynx
Epiglottis
Larynx
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What are the structures of the lower respiratory tract

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Trachea*
Bronchial tree
Lungs

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What are the fictions of the nose?

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Air enters and exits the body through the nose

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What are the functions of nasal turbinates?

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Warm, humidify, and filter air

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Combining forms for nose

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Nas/o

Rhin/o

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What are the external openings of the nose?

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Nares

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What are the functions of sinuses?

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Generate and store mucus

Makes the bones of the skull lighter

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Combining forms for sinuses

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Sinus/o

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Where is the frontal sinus

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Between nasal cavity and orbit

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Where is the maxillary sinus

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Between nasal cavities

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What are the four other sinuses

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Sphenoid
Palatine
Lacrimal
Conchal

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Where is the pharynx

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Area at the back of the nasal cavity and mouth (where they meet) that leads to the larynx

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Combining form for pharynx

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Pharyng/o

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What is the pharynx in laymans terms

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Throat

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What is the function of the soft palate

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During swallowing it moves dorsally and caudally to block the nasopharynx
Prevents food from entering nasal cavity

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Combining form for palate

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Palat/o

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What is the function of the epiglottis

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Covers the larynx during swallowing

Allows food to enter the esophagus

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Combining form for epiglottis

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Epiglott/o

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Where is the larynx

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Between pharynx and trachea

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Combining form for larynx

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Laryng/o

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What is larynx is laymans terms and what does it contain

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Voice box

Vocal cords

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What is the space between the vocal cords called

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Glottis

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Where is the trachea and what are it's functions?
Extends from neck to chest | Passes air from larynx to respiratory structures in thoracic cavity
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Combining form for trachea
Trache/o
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What is the trachea is laymans terms
Windpipe
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The trachea divides into two branches at the tracheal bifurcation to form what?
Bronchi
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Combining form for bronchi
Bronch/o
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Bronchi continue to get smaller on diameter until they become what
Bronchioles
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Do bronchioles contain cartilage
No
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Combining form for bronchioles
Bronchiol/o
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What does the suffix -ole mean
Small
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What are alveoli
Clustered sacs at the end if bronchioles where gas exchange occurs
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Oxygen diffuses into the _____ and carbon dioxide diffuses into ______\
Blood, alveoli
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Combining form for alveoli
Alveol/o
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A _______ in alveoli helps to prevent collapsing of each alveolus during exhalation
Surfactant
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Word part for ribs
Cost/o
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Word part for chest | Combining form for chest
Thorac/o | -thorax
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What is the main organ of respiration
Lungs
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Combining form for lobes
Lob/o
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Word parts for air or lung
Pneum/o Pneumon/o Pneu-
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Word parts for lung
Pulm/o | Pulmon/o
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What is the pleura
Membranous sac that encases the lung
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Combining form for pleura
Pleur/o
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Where is the diaphragm
Separates the thoracic and peritoneal cavities
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Combining form for diaphragm
Diaphragmat/o
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Contraction of the diaphragm means what for the lungs?
Lungs expand
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Word part for breathing
-pnea
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Word part for oxygen
Ox/o Ox/i Ox/y
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Word part for carbon dioxide
Capn/o
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What is apnea
Not breathing
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What is dyspnea
Difficulty breathing
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What is hypoxia
Decreased oxygen
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What is hypercapnia
High levels of carbon dioxide
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What is tachypnea
Fast breathing
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What is bubbling
Sound of popping bubbles that suggests fluid accumulation
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What is crepitation
Fine or coarse interrupted crackling noises coming from collapsed or fluid filled alveoli during inspiration Also called rales or crackles
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What is rhonchi
High pitched whistling sounds heard during inspiration Wheezes
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What is stridor
Snoring, squeaking, or whistling that suggests airway narrowing When awak
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What are vestibular sounds
Sound resulting from air passing through small bronchi and alveoli
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What is tidal volume
Amount of air exchanged during normal respiration
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What is reserve volume
Extra volume you can breathe in or out more than you normally do
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What is residual volume
Air remaining in lungs after expiration Amount of air trapped in alveoli
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What is dead space
Unusable air
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What is minimal volume
Amount of air left in alveoli after lung collapses
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What is vital capacity
Largest amount of air that can be more in the lung
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What is bronchi alveolar lavage
Collection of his or mucus from the bronchi and or alveoli via an endoscope
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What is endotracheal intubation
Deliver oxygen
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What is thoracocentesis
Remove fluid/gas/pus to be able to breathe
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What is asphyxiation
Suffocation
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What is atelectasis (KNOW)
Collapse of alveoli
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What is a diaphragmatic hernia
Abnormal opening into diaphragm and organs are being pushed through
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What is epistaxis
Nosebleed
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What is hemothorax
Blood in chest
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What is laryngospasm
Spasm of larynx
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What is pneumonia
Issue with lung and has congestion
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What is pneumonia
Accumulation of gas in thorax/lung
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What is pulmonary edema
Abnormal fluid in lungs
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Why is coughing
Sudden, noisy expulsion of air from the lungs
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What are paroxysmal coughing
Spasm like and sudden | Surprise cough
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Combining form for coughing
Tuss/i
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What is bronchiconstrictors
Constrict lumen of bronchi
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What is bronchodilators
Dilate lumen of bronchi
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What is mucolytics
Break up mucus
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What is antitussives
To stop coughing

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