Upper Respiratory System Anatomy
Lower Respiratory System Anatomy
Infectious Disease
Noninfectious Disease
Terms
100
External openings of the nose
What are nares?
100
Windpipe
What is the trachea?
100
May be viral, bacterial, or fungal, lateral or bilateral, lobar or bronchial.
What is pneumonia?
100
Irritated, inflamed mucus membranes of the nasal cavities as a result of hayfever
What is allergic rhinitis?
100
Shortness of breath.
What is dyspnea?
200
Line nasal cavities
What are mucous membranes?
200
Has 3 lobes.
What is the right lung?
200
Can cause meningitis and/or epiglottitis.
What is Haemophilus influenza b?
200
Crooked or damaged cartilage that divides the nose into a right and left side.
What is a deviated septum?
200
Nose bleed
What is epistaxis?
300
Region that is posterior to the nose and mouth, and connects to the larynx
What is the pharynx?
300
Air sacs
What are alveoli?
300
Pertussis
What is whooping cough?
300
Results in decreased respiratory membrane and often caused by smoking
What is emphysema?
300
The common cold.
What is coryza?
400
Separates or divides the nasal cavities
What is the nasal septum?
400
Membrane that lines the thoracic or pleural cavity?
What is the parietal pleura?
400
Consumption
What is tuberculosis?
400
Hyaline membrane disease
What is cystic fibrosis?
400
High-pitched, breath sound
What is stridor
500
Small hairs found in the upper respiratory passageways.
What are cilia?
500
Airpassages in the lungs
What are the bronchioles?
500
Acute URI characterized by a bark-like cough. Most common in young children.
What is croup?
500
A collapsed lung
What is atelactasis
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