Structures
Number of lobes in each lung
What is Right = 3 Left = 2
Two major movements during respiration
What is inspiration and expiration?
Air enters the body here
What are the nose and/or mouth?
What body cavity can the lungs be found in?
What is the thoracic?
Reaction to an allergy that causes the bronchial walls to spasm
What is asthma?
Flap of tissue that closes when swallowing food
What is the epiglottis?
Definition of external respiration
What is gas exchange between the air and blood?
The muscle that contacts during inhalation
What is the diaphragm?
3 organs of the upper respiratory tract?
What are the nose, nasal cavity, sinuses, pharynx?
Blockage of a main artery in the lung due to a blood clot
What is a pulmonary embolism?
When inhaling, this is where air goes after it leaves the trachea
What is the bronchi?
Definition of internal respiration
What is the transfer of oxygen from blood to the body cells and transfer of carbon dioxide from body cells to blood?
Where does the trachea lie in relation to the esophagus?
What is anterior (in front of) to the esophagus?
3 organs of the lower respiratory tract
What are the Larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs?
Alveoli become stretched and are unable to push carbon dioxide out of the lungs
What is emphysema?
Structure that resembles a bunch of grapes
What are Alveoli?
Oxygen moves from the lungs into the bloodstream in this process
What is diffusion?
This happens to your respiration rate when carbon dioxide levels increase in the blood?
What is it increases - you breath faster?
The function of the mucus membrane that lines the nasal cavities
What is to moisten and warm the air
Presence of air or gas in the pleura space causing a collapsed lung
What is pneumothorax?
Two components lined with hair like objects called cilia
What is the nose and bronchial tubes?
Part of brain that controls respiration
What is the medulla?
Air travels from the pharynx to the ________ to the _____ and finally to the ______ where oxygen is exchanged with the blood stream.
What is the trachea, bronchi, alveoli?
Trace a drop of blood from the lungs to the aorta (include valves)
What is Lungs -> Pulmonary Veins -> Left Atrium -> Bicuspid (AV) Valve, Left Ventricle, Aortic Valve -> Aorta
Chronic or acute inflammation of the mucus membrane of the bronchial tubes
What is bronchitis