Upper and Lower Respiratory tract
What is the primary passageway for air into and out of the body?
What is the Nose (Answer from ICEV)
The number one cause of this disease is from smoking cigarettes.
What is Lung Cancer (Answer from CDC)
What does the Epiglottis do?
What is the letting air flow into the lungs (Answers from DHO pg. 100)
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This is a protective mechanism that allows the respiratory system to meet he increased oxygen demands during high stress or extreme circumstances.
What is Mouth-Breathing (Answer from ICEV)
Symptoms of this disease include wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.
What is asthma (Answer from CDC)
What regulates air temperature?
What is the nasal cavity ( answer from DHO book pg.200)
Antibiotics, bronchodilators, and respiratory therapy are sed to treat what respiratory disease?
What is bronchitis (answers from DHO book pg. 400)
What divides the two main bronchi, at the base of the trachea?
What is the Carina ( Answer from ICEV)
This is an infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs which may fill up with fluid or pus.
The (blank) allows oxygen and carbon dioxide to be exchanged between blood and lungs?
What are alveoli capillaries (from DHO book pg.300)
TB is the abbreviation of what respiratory disease?
What is Tuberculosis (answers from DHO book pg. 300)
What part of the lower tract extends from the cricoid cartilage to the carina?
What is the Trachea ( Answer from ICEV)
An infection of the lining of the bronchial tubes, causing them to become irritated and inflamed
What is Bronchitis (answer from CDC)
The (blank) lubricates the membranes and prevents friction when lungs expand.
What is the pleura (from DHO book pg. 500)
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What is an Upper Respiratory Infection (answers from DHO book pg. 200)
What is the purpose of the pleura that surrounds the lungs?
What is to protect against friction during breathing (Answer from ICEV)
A lung disease that causes the gradual damage of lung tissue, specifically the destruction of the alveoli.
What is emphysema (answer from CDC)
What two places does the trachea carry air between?
What are the pharynx and bronchi (answers from DHO book pg. 400)
Administering fluids and medications to relieve congestion and inflammation is the treatment for what respiratory disease?
What is pneumonia (answers from DHO book pg. 500)