The transport of oxygen from the outside air to the cells within tissues, and the transport of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction
What is Respiration?
100
Composed of the nose, nasopharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles. These structures cleanse, warm, and moisten the inhaled air before it reaches the site of gas exchange.
What is the conducting zone of the respiratory system?
100
The location of the right and left primary bronchi, where they continue to branch into secondary and tertiary bronchi. In turn, these repeatedly divide into smaller and smaller bronchi, until eventually, when the diameter of the air passageway becomes less than 1 mm, they are known as bronchioles. The smallest of these, with a diameter of less than 0.5 mm, are the terminal bronchioles.
What are lungs?
100
Concerns the bulk flow and transport of metabolites between the organism and the external environment.
What is Psycological Respiration?
100
An inflammatory illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid (consolidation and exudation)
What is Pneumonia?
200
The protein that is the main carrier of oxygen.
What is Hemoglobin?
200
Nose hair that is larger than scalp or axillary hair in order to provide a larger surface area to collect foreign objects that pass through the nose.
What is Cilia?
200
Continuations of the respiratory bronchioles. They terminate in alveolar sacs which are made up of clusters of alveoli, the actual sites of gas exchange.
What are alveolar ducts?
200
When we exhale and inhale with due to the contracting and the expanding of the diaphragm.
What is Pulmonary Ventilation?
200
A method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing. Mechanical ventilation is typically used after an invasive intubation, a procedure wherein an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube is inserted into the airway
What is Mechanical Ventilation?
300
Glycolosis, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain
What are the steps of Cellular Respiration?
300
A slippery secretion in the nasal passages consisting of a viscous colloid containing antiseptic enzymes and immunoglobulins.
What is Mucus?
300
The only external part of the respiratory system. It provides an airway for respiration, humidifies, filters and warms the inspired air, acts as a resonating chamber for speech, and the nose is the site of the olfactory receptors.
What is a nose?
300
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between an animal and its environment where oxygen moves into an organism because its concentration is lower inside than in the environment; carbon dioxide moves out of an organism because its concentration is higher inside than in the environment.
What is the process of Gas Exchange?
300
The syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year.
What is SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)?
400
Cells that aid primarily produce the mucus within the nose.
What are Goblet Cells?
400
A dome-shaped sheet of muscle located below the lungs that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
What is a diaphragm?
400
A flexible tube which descends from the larynx and divides into two primary bronchi. This air passageway continues to filter, warm and moisten the inspired air as it travels through to the respiratory zone
What is a trachea?
400
Composed of the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, and alveoli. All of these structures are located within the lungs and are the site of gas exchange.
What is the respiratory zone of the respiratory system?
400
A common chronic disorder of the airways that is complex and characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (bronchospasm), and an underlying inflammation.
What is Asthama?
500
The set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in organisms' cells to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products.
What is Cellular Respiration?
500
Each alveolus is 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters in diameter - This small size maximizes surface area and allows for faster exchange of gases.
The walls of the capillaries and the alveoli are each made up of a single layer of cells. This means the distance that the gases have to diffuse, is short and gases can be exchanged more quickly
There is a lot of blood supplied to the alveoli via capillaries. This allows for faster exchange of gases
How does the Alveoli's structure enable its function?
500
A posterior continuation of the nasal cavity. It acts as an air passageway, moistened by the secretions of mucous and serous glands, and cleansed of pathogens by the pharyngeal tonsils.
What is a nasopharynx?
500
Too much CO2 or too little HCO3 in the blood will cause acidosis. The CO2 level is increased when hypoventilation or slow breathing occurs, such as if you have emphysema or pneumonia. Bicarbonate will be lowered by ketoacidosis, a condition caused by excess fat metabolism (diabetes mellitus).
Too much HCO3 or too little CO2 in the blood will cause alkalosis. This condition is less common than acidosis. CO2 can be lowered by hyperventilation.
What is Homeostasis in the Respiratory System?
500
An inflammation of the air passages within the lungs. It occurs when the trachea (windpipe) and the large and small bronchi (airways) within the lungs become inflamed because of infection or other causes.