Anatomy
Physiology
Diseases
Terminology
Medications
100
A passageway for air and food
What is Pharnx
100
The alveoli produce this and keeps the alveoli inflated
What is surfactant
100
Inherited, eventually fatal disease that affects all the exocrine cells. Excessive mucus produced causing chronic lack of oxygen.
What is Cystic Fibrosis
100
Abnormally Slow respirations
What is Bradypnea
100
Treats respiratory infections
What is an antibiotic
200
Slow the air we breathe so it can be warmed and moistened.
What are turbinates
200
To breathe in
What is Inspiration
200
Lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is spread by airborne droplets and coughing.
What is Tuberculosis
200
Abnormally Fast respirations
What is tachypnea
200
Treats tuberculosis
What is an antitubercular drug
300
Voice Box
What is the Larynx
300
To breathe out
What is expiration
300
Constant exposure to inhaled particles at the work place that causes pulmonary fibrosis and the alveoli lose their elasticity.
What is Pneumoconiosis
300
Bluish discoloration of skin
What is cyanosis
300
Suppresses the cough center in the brain.
What is an antitussive drug?
400
Windpipe
What is the Trachea
400
Normal depth and Rate of Respiration
What is eupnea
400
Severe sometimes fatal bacterial infection caused by Legionella pneumophilia. Flu like symptoms and pneumonia occur. Named for a convention in 1976.
What is Legionnaire's Disease
400
Difficult or labored breathing
What is dyspnea
400
Reduces the thickness of sputum so that it can be coughed up
What is an expectorant
500
air sacs in the lungs
What are alveoli
500
oxygen used by the cell to produce energy
What is cellular respiration
500
The use of aspirin to relieve the symptoms of the flu or chicken pox can cause this.
What is Reye's syndrome
500
A traveling blood clot
What is an embolus
500
Dilates constricted airways by relaxing the smooth muscles that surround the bronchioles.
What is a bronchodilator
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