Anatomy
This is the primary muscle responsible for breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
This is the process of gas exchange in the lungs.
What is respiration?
This is the most common chronic respiratory disease characterized by wheezing and breathlessness.
What is asthma?
This is the term for difficulty in breathing due to constricted airways.
What is dyspnea?
This is a common treatment for asthma that helps to open airways.
What is an inhaler?
Name the two primary bronchi.
What are the left bronchus and right bronchus?
Describe the role of hemoglobin in the respiratory system.
What is the transport of oxygen in the blood?
Name the disease caused by prolonged exposure to inhaled irritants, leading to chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
Name the disorder that involves an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
What is pulmonary edema?
Name a treatment option for chronic bronchitis.
What is bronchodilator therapy?
These structures in the lungs are responsible for gas exchange.
What are alveoli?
This is the term for the amount of air that can be forcibly exhaled after a normal exhalation.
What is the expiratory reserve volume?
This infectious disease primarily affects the lungs and is caused by bacteria?
What is tuberculosis?
Describe the condition known as sleep apnea.
What is a disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep?
This is the purpose of supplemental oxygen therapy.
What is to increase the amount of oxygen available for breathing?
Identify the part of the respiratory system that warms and moistens inhaled air.
What is the nasal cavity?
Explain how the body regulates breathing rate.
What is through the medulla oblongata responding to CO2 levels?
Identify a respiratory disease associated with a viral infection that causes inflammation of the lungs.
What is pneumonia?
This is the term for inflammation of the lining of the lungs, often due to allergies or irritants.
What is pleuritis?
Identify the surgical procedure that may be performed to remove a lung or part of a lung.
What is a lobectomy?
This is the name of the protective membrane surrounding each lung.
What is the pleura?
This is the difference between tidal volume and vital capacity.
What is tidal volume is the amount of air inhaled/exhaled in a normal breath, while vital capacity is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation?
This is the condition characterized by the collapse of a lung due to air entering the pleural space.
What is a pneumothorax?
Explain what happens during a pulmonary embolism.
What is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs, often due to blood clots?
This treatment involves using a machine to assist with breathing in severe respiratory failure.
What is mechanical ventilation?