Heart Anatomy
The two layers of the serous pericardium.
What are the parietal and visceral pericardium?
The structures of the upper airway.
The bony structures that make up the thoracic cage
What are the sternum, ribs, and thoracic vertebrae?
The blood vessels where gas exchange take place.
What are capillaries?
The pathology referring to the hardening of arteries.
What is arteriosclerosis?
The other name for the visceral pericardium.
What is the epicardium?
The parts of the pharynx
What is the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx?
The two types of pleura that cover each lung
What are parietal and visceral?
The only vein that carries oxygenated blood.
What is the pulmonary vein?
Three types of COPD
What are Chronic bronchitis, Asthma, and Emphysema?
The 3 layers of the walls of the heart
What is epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium?
The most superior structure in the lower airways
What is the trachea?
The lung with 3 lobes
What is the R lung?
The vessels responsible for blood flow to and from heart muscles.
What are the coronary arteries and veins?
This pathology is characterized by the inability of the heart to maintain adequate cardiac output.
What is Congestive Heart Failure?
The valve between the Right ventricle to the lungs
What is the pulmonary semilunar valve?
The 2 types of cells found in mucus membrane of the trachea
What are ciliated columnar epithelium and goblet cells?
The bone that the apical portion of the lungs extend above.
What is the clavicle?
The structure in veins that prevents backflow of blood
What are valves?
This lung disease is an exocrine disease characterized by copious secretions that interfere with ventilation and perfusion
What is cystic fibrosis?
The valve between the Left Atrium and Left Ventricle
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
The structure is responsible to blocking food or liquid from entering the lungs
What is the epiglottis?
The lung that is longer and thinner
What is the Left lung?
The 3 layers of blood vessel walls
What is tunica intima, tunica media, and tunica adventitia?
This pathology is defined as chest pain that is related to ischemia of the myocardium
What is angina pectoris?