The defence systems found in the upper respiratory system.
What is nose hairs, mucous, cilia.
100
Bronchitis results in the inflammation of...
What is the bronchioles?
100
The component of a single gas present in all the gases.
What is Partial Pressure?
100
The chemoreceptors for oxygen.
What is aortic and carotid bodies?
100
Nicotine slows the cilia lining the respiratory tract. This results in..
What is a lack of moving particles out of the larynx, for removal by coughing or sneezing?
200
In men the Adam's apple holds this structure.
What is epiglottis?
200
Emphysema breaks down...
What is the alveolar septum?
200
Carbon dioxide and oxygen are transferred in different ways. Explain.
What is carbon dioxide dissolved in the plasma, oxygen reacts with hemoglobin to form oxyhemoglobin.
200
The chemoreceptors for carbon dioxide. Include what it detects.
What is the medulla oblongata? What is H+ ions?
200
If you breath through your mouth rather than nose, the effect is..
What is excessively cold or hot air entering the lungs? What is the lack of nasal hairs and mucous to catch incoming particles?
300
Lined by lipoproteins, and surrounded by capillary beds.
What is the alveoli?
300
The inflammation of the pleural membrane is...
What is Pleurisy?
300
Carbon monoxide reduces the transfer of oxygen in the blood. This is because...
What is competition for hemoglobin binding spots?
300
Upon release of a nerve impulse from the breathing region of the medulla oblongata, these muscles are affected.
What is the diaphragm and intercostal muscles?
300
During a throat infection the voice changes, this occurs because..
What is inflammation of the vocal cords within the epiglottis, causing a deeper tone and lack of vocal control?
400
Each lung has features specific to it. Specific to the left lung is...
What is Cardiac notch, superior and inferior lobe.
400
Asthma can have numerous causes, and is thus hard to define. The proposed causes of asthma are...
What is environment, genetics, hygiene hypothesis?
400
Carbon dioxide forms this as it dissolves in the plasma.
What is carbonic acid?
400
The increased breathing due to impulses from the medulla oblongata causes this.
What is the increase in blood oxygen levels and a decrease in the carbon dioxide blood levels?
400
Multipotent lung stem cells could possibly used to rebuild alveolar septum caused by emphysema. The benefit of this is to...
What is an increase in surface area, reverse degenerative damage, and improve alveolar structure?
500
Both the ribs and diaphragm have a specific movement and associated muscle used for breathing.
What is the intercostal muscles moving up and outwards for the ribs? What is the diaphragm and its up and down movement?
500
Pneumonia is an inflammatory response in the alveoli. Due to the change in the composition of fluids in the lung, the symptoms are...
What is coughing, difficulty breathing (specifically inhaling), and chest pain.
500
Describe the partial pressures of both carbon dioxide and oxygen in different areas of the body. (e.g. alveoli, leaving the tissues)
What is carbon dioxide high when leaving the tissues and low in the alveoli? What is oxygen high in alveoli and low in tissues?
500
During carbon monoxide poisoning, this increases the rate of damage.
What is an increase in breathing due to low blood oxygen levels, resulting in breathing in more carbon monoxide?
500
When treating a respiratory disease, what is vital to determine treatment and why.
What is various diagnosis tactics to ensure the right diagnosis? To ensure the patient is being treated for the right disease, as diseases of the respiratory system often have similar symptoms.