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The openings that pull air from outside the body into the respiratory system.
What are the Mouth and Nose?
Hollow organ that allows you to talk and make sounds when air moves in and out.
What is the Larynx (voice box)?
Blood vessels in the alveoli walls that move oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What are the Capillaries?
The two organs that remove oxygen from the air and pass it to the blood.
What are the Lungs?
The frequency of breaths over time.
What is the respiratory rate?
The tubes at the bottom of the windpipe that connect into each lung.
What are the Bronchial tubes?
The consist of tidal volume and respiratory rate in an individual.
What are Breathing patterns?
Tissue flap at the entrance to the trachea that closes when you swallow to keep food and liquids out of your airway.
What is the Epiglottis?
Small branches of the bronchial tubes that lead to the alveoli.
What are the Bronchioles?
Transient stopped breathing that begins again soon afterwards. It is the main symptom of sleep apnea, in which breathing temporarily stops during sleep.
What is Apnea?
The hollow areas in between the bones in the head that help regulate the temperature and humidity of the air that you inhale.
What are Sinuses?
Pressure inside the alveoli in the lungs.
What is Intra Alveolar Pressure?
Thin sacs that surround each lung lobe and separate your lungs from the chest wall.
What is are the Pleura?
The bones that surround/protect the lungs and heart.
What are the Ribs?
Describes increased respiratory rate. Often a symptom of carbon monoxide poisoning or pnuemonia.
What is Tachypnea?
The tube that delivers air from the mouth and nose to the trachea (windpipe).
What is the Pharynx (throat)?
Pressure of the air outside the body
What is Atmospheric Pressure?
Sections of the lungs — three lobes in the right lung and two in the left lung.
What are the Lung lobes?
The muscles that help the lungs pull in and push out air.
What are Diaphragms?
Commonly called shortness of breath. It describes dramatically decreased tidal volume and sometimes increased respiratory rate, leading to a sensation of breathlessness. It is a common symptom of anxiety attacks, pulmonary embolisms, heart attacks, and emphysema, among other things.
What is Dyspnea?
The passage that connects the throat to the lungs.
What is the Trachea?
Pressure inside the pleural cavity.
What is Intrapleural Pressure?
Tiny hairs that move in a wave-like motion to filter dust and other irritants out of your airways.
What are the Cilia?
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
What are the Alveoli?
Describes decreased respiratory rate. Often a symptom of hypertension, heart arryhmias, or slow metabolic rate from hypothyroidism.
What is Bradypnea?