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allergic condition characterized by periodic spasms of the bronchial tubes that makes breathing difficult
bronchial asthma
valves are found in arteries or veins?
veins
if you have a blood pressure of 155/95 you would have the medical condition known as
epilottis
flap of tissue that prevents food from going down the windpipe
muscles attached to the ribs and sternum that expand the ribcage
intercostal muscles
buildup of excessive fluid in the lungs
pneumonia
chemical factory of the body
liver
the process of drawing air into the lungs
inhalation
nasal meatuses
irregularly shaped pockets or air spaces in the nasal cavity that warm and moisten incoming air
the smallest tubes within the lungs
bronchioles
systole
contracting and pumping phase of the heart
valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
bicuspid
breathing is controlled by the
medulla oblongata
voice box
larynx
diastole
arteries
vessels that carry blood away from the heart
valve through which blood leaves the left ventricle to the body
aortic semilunar valve
tidal volume
alveoli
tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place
largest artery in the body
aorta
veins
natural pacemaker of the heart
S-A node
most cases of lung cancer in the US is caused by
diaphragm
thick sheet of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and functions in respiration
briefly describe the flow of blood from the body to the heart and back to the body again
vena cava to right atrium through tricuspid valve into right ventricle through pulmonary semilunar valve into pulmonary arteries to the lungs. back to the heart through pulmonary veins into the left atrium through bicuspid valve into left ventricle through the aortic semilunar valve into the aorta to the body