Respiratory Anatomy
This structure warms, moistens, and filters incoming air.
What is the nose (nasal cavity)?
The process of moving air into and out of the lungs.
What is pulmonary ventilation?
Inflammation of the bronchi that often causes coughing and mucus production.
What is bronchitis?
This infectious disease primarily affects the lungs and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What is tuberculosis?
The suffix -itis means this.
What is inflammation?
The tube that carries air from the larynx to the bronchi.
What is the trachea?
The gas the body needs for cellular respiration.
What is oxygen?
A respiratory infection that causes inflammation of the lung tissue.
What is pneumonia?
Most oxygen in the blood is transported attached to this protein.
What is hemoglobin?
The term dyspnea means this type of breathing.
What is difficult or labored breathing?
Tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs.
What are alveoli?
The waste gas removed during exhalation.
What is carbon dioxide?
The two diseases included in COPD.
What are chronic bronchitis and emphysema?
During exhalation, the diaphragm moves in this direction.
What is upward?
The term apnea means this.
What is absence of breathing or temporary cessation of breathing?
The muscle primarily responsible for breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
The exchange of gases between the lungs and bloodstream.
What is external respiration?
This disease causes narrowing of the airways and episodes of wheezing.
What is asthma?
This disease is characterized by long term inflammation and excess mucus production in the airways.
What is chronic bronchitis?
A patient with hypoventilation is doing this.
What is breathing too slowly or inadequately?
The two main branches that carry air into the lungs.
What are the bronchi?
Gas exchange between the blood and body cells is called this.
What is internal respiration?
This disease damages the alveoli, making it difficult to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What is emphysema?
This membrane surrounds and protects the lungs.
What is the pleura?
The term hypoxia means this condition.
What is low oxygen levels in the body's tissues?