Respiratory Basics
The primary muscle responsible for normal breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
Normal Oxygen saturation for a healthy adult.
What is 95-100%?
The organs responsible for filtering blood and removing waste.
What are the kidneys?
Normal minimum adult urine output per hour.
What is 30mL/hr?
The medical term for an infection of the bladder.
What is cystitis?
The tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs.
What are the alveoli?
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
Two laboratory values used to evaluate kidney function.
What are BUN and creatinine?
Term for painful urination.
What is dysuria?
The part of the brain that controls breathing.
What is the medulla oblongata?
The medical term for rapid breathing.
What is tachypnea.
Tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What are the ureters?
Term for low urine output.
What is oliguria?
Term for blood in the urine.
What is hematuria?
The medical term for difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
Low oxygen levels in the blood.
What is hypoxemia?
What is the bladder?
Term for no urine output.
What is anuria?
A condition that causes wheezing and airway inflammation.
What is asthma?
A chronic lung disease that causes air trapping and barrel chest.
What is emphysema?
Breathing pattern marked by periods of apnea and deep respirations.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respiration?
The tube that carries urine out of the body.
Term for excessive urine output.
What is polyuria?
Progressive loss of kidney function over time.
These two body systems work together to regulate acid-base balance.
What are the respiratory and urinary systems?