Lower airway
Provides passage for air from trachea to lungs
What are the bronchi?
Entraps particles from inhaled air
What is the cilia?
An infection of the lung.
What is pneumonia?
Skeletal muscles and movement of breathing
How does lymph fluid move?
Number of lobes in the right lung
What is three?
Prevents friction between membranes covering the lungs
What is the pleural fluid?
A passageway for air and food
pharynx
Airways become restricted after exposure to an allergen, stress, or exercise
What is asthma?
The substance that diffuses from the capillaries into the tissue spaces
The flap of the cartilage lying behind tongue and in front of entrance to larynx.
What is the epiglottis?
Serves as point of exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with capillaries
Increases turbulence of air in the nasal cavity
What are the nasal conchae?
Inflammation of the larynx.
What is laryngitis?
The general term for inflammation and swelling of a lymph node
What is lymphadenitis?
Difficult or labored breathing when the body is in a horizontal position. It is usually corrected by sitting or standing
What is orthopnea?
Contracts and relaxes to change the pressure in the chest cavity
What is the diaphragm?
Enables entry of air into the nose from the outside environment
What are the nares?
The failure of the immune system to protect itself against allergens.
what is hypersensitivity?
The immunity a baby receives from her mother's antibodies
What is temporary passive immunity?
The bulk movement of air down to the terminal air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs.
What is ventilation?
Made of cartilage so it's super strong
What is the trachea?
Warms and moistens air from outside environment
What is atelectasis?
The organ that stores red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
The number of alveoli in an adult lung