Respiratory system
What divides the upper and lower respiratory system? It also is referred to as the "windpipe."
Trachea
What is the name of the large muscle that contracts and relaxes to allow air into and out of the lungs?
Diaphragm
What gas is exhaled from the lungs?
Carbon dioxide
What does the prefix brady mean?
What is the number one cause of lung disease/damage?
Smoking
These air passages are located at the bottom of the trachea, where it divides. They lead into the lungs.
Bronchi
The voicebox is commonly called.....
Larynx
What are the tiny hairs that move back and forth along the trachea and nose called?
Cilia
Common passageway for food, water, and air
Pharynx
60-100 bpm.
This is a flap of tissue that covers the trachea and helps keep food and water from entering the lungs.
Epiglottis
Tiny balloon-like sacs where gas exchange occurs in the lungs.
Alveoli
What allows your trachea to remain open
Hyaline Cartilage Open Rings
What disorder is caused by the inflammation and swelling of the bronchial tubes resulting in a nagging cough?
Bronchitis
Respiratory disorder in which inflammation causes narrowing of the bronchial tubes. This causes difficulty breathing.
Asthma
Smallest branches of the bronchi found inside the lungs before getting to alveoli.
Bronchioles
The health care professional that helps people with breathing problems.
Respiratory Therapist
Lining of the inside of the thoracic cavity that encapsulates the lungs.
Pleura
What is the part of your brain/brainstem that controls your breathing?
Medulla Oblongata
Normal Respiratory Rate Range?
12-20
Branches of tubes between bronchi and brochioles.
Bronchial Tubes
What illness did I get last summer that we talked about this chapter?
Pneumonia
More ____ in the blood causes you to increase your respiratory rate because of the decrease in pH.
Carbon Dioxide
What disorder is caused by the destruction of the elasticity of the alveoli?
Emphysema
What illness killed more people in 2022 than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined? It is also known to "consume" the patient?
Tuberculosis