Anatomy respiratory system
Where does the gas exchange between blood and air take place?
Pulmonary alveoli
The valve epiglottis stops the entrance of food to the digestive system. True or false
False
How many kidneys do we have?
2
Are the structural and functional units of the kidneys
Nephrons
DIFFICULTY EMITTING SOUNDS DUE TO THE INFLAMMATION OF THE VOCAL CORDS
Aphonia
What is the name of the common area of the respiratory and the digestive tract?
Pharynx
STAGES OF PULMONARY VENTILATION
Inspiration and expiration
WHICH SYSTEM/ORGAN IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM
Respiratory system, liver, urinary system, sweat glands
Name of the process of passage of certain substances from blood contained in the Malpighian glomerulus to the interior if bowman’s capsule
Glomerular filtration
Solid structures caused by the build-up of substances that are normally dissolved in urine
Stones
How many alveoli do we have in our body?
400 million
What does the network of capillaries do between air and blood?
Facilitate gas exchange
Name of the artery and vein in the urinary system?
Aorta and inferior vena cava
Process of filtered substances that travel From the nephron’s tubule to the circulatory system
Tubular Reabsorption
Infectious, acute and contagious disease, caused by a virus, that attacks the respiratory tract
Flu
WHAT IS THE MEMBRANE THAT ENVELOPS THE LUNGS?
Pleura
Where does oxygen pass through and what is it called (process)?
Oxygen passes through the alveolar wall and the wall of capillary and finishes in body cells. Diffusion
Parts of a kidney
Crust, renal medulla, renal pelvis, ureter, renal vein, renal artery
Differences between the blood that enters and the one that leaves
The blood that enters has waste products. The blood that exits doesn't have waste.
This produces an enlargement of the pulmonary alveoli, causing them to break
Emphysema
What parts of the respiratory system does the air travel through to reach the blood?
Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles
What increases the length of the journey air goes on within the body? And apart from that what else?
Nooks and crannies and make it more warmer
What is the section located between the proximal convoluted tube and the distal one called?
Loop of Henle
Name of three reabsorbed substances
glucose,vitamins,water
What is the difference between the two types of dialysis?
Peritoneal dialysis treats the blood without extracting it from the body however hemodialysis takes the blood out of the organism through a dialyser