Respiration
Type of respiration that is simple act of ventilation
What is External Respiration
structure made of approx 15-20 cartilaginous rings. Also called the windpipe.
What is the Trachea?
Function of the epiglottis
What is cover the trachea when swallowing?
disorder that needs a device to enlarge the bronchioles
What is asthma?
Takes place between blood stream and tissue
What is internal respiration
3 parts of the pharynx
What are nasopharynx, oropharynx and Laryngopharynx?
Large muscle that flattens and expands chest area
What is the diaphragm?
What is dormant tuberculosis?
3 in the right lung
What are the number of lobes?
The other name for cellular respiration
What is oxidation?
Small passageway structure connected the the terminal ends of the bronchioles?
2 layer membrane covering the lungs
What is the pleura?
Disorder that creates a whooping sound at the end of a cough, often referred to as whooping cough
What is pertussis?
Fast and shallow breathing
What is tachypnea?
Produced during oxidation
What is energy and CO2?
Fluid that lines the alveoli to keep them from collapsing
What is surfactant?
In the skull all around the nasal cavity
Where are the sinuses?
Pneumothorax
What is collapse of a lung?
1500 ml of air that cannot be expelled from the lungs
What is Residual Volume?
The process that moves O2 into the blood stream from the alveoli and CO2 into the the alveoli, O2 into the cells and CO2 from the cells into the blood stream.
What is diffusion?
Structures that drain the middle ear into the nasopharynx.
What are the Eustachian tubes?
Passageway for both food and air
What is the pharynx?
Non-infectious disease that deteriorates the alveoli, often from smoking
What is emphysema?
What is the air that moves in and out of lungs in one breath?