Anatomy
Functions
Pulmonary Ventilation
Volumes/Capacities
Disorders/Diseases
100
Thoracic muscle used for breathing
What is the diaphragm?
100
Rings of cartilage keep this passage open into the lungs
What are the bronchi?
100
Pressure of lungs is lowered
What is inspiration?
100
Tidal volume + inspiratory reserve volume
What is inspiratory capacity?
100
Increased interstitial flud
What is pulmonary edema?
200
Nose and throat
What is the upper respiratory system?
200
Tube that allows air to travel from outside to lungs
What is the trachea/windpipe?
200
Decreasing lung size and increasing pressure in the lungs causes this to happen
What is exhalation?
200
Residual volume + expiratory reserve volume
What is functional capacity?
200
Enlarged glands, green & yellow sputum
What is bronchitis?
300
Another name for the throat
What is the pharynx?
300
To bring in needed oxygen and release unneeded carbon dioxide
What are the two functions of the respiratory system
300
Name for normal breathing
What is eupnea?
300
1,200 mL
What is expiratory reserve volume?
300
Lungs lose elasticity
What is emphysema?
400
Contains the Eustachian tubes and adenoids
What is the nasopharynx?
400
Passageway for food, passageway for air, sounds resonate here
What is the pharynx?
400
Shallow breathing up and out
What is costal breathing?
400
Inspiratory + expiratory + tidal volumes
What is vital capacity?
400
Coma, crib death
What is SIDS?
500
Flap on top of the larynx
What is the epiglottis?
500
Holds air and produces sound
What is the function of the larynx?
500
Deep abdominal, forced breathing
What is diaphragmatic breathing?
500
6,000 mL
What is total lung capacity?
500
Arterial blood clot in lung
What is pulmonary embolism?
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