Lungs Anatomy
Airway Disease
Heart Anatomy
Heart Disease
Random Body Facts
100
The lungs are responsible for taking ______from the air and delivering it to our blood. ______ is then return to the lungs and exhaled.
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
100
This disease causes narrowing due to swelling and inflammation of the airway and makes wheezing sounds when you breath.
Asthma
100
The heart consists of _____ chambers.
4
100
An emergency condition in which a blood clot blocks blood flow to the heart. Without blood, tissue loses oxygen and dies.
Heart attack
100
What is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself.
Tooth
200
How many lobes does the right lung have?
3
200
Smoking causes about ___% of all lung cancer deaths.
90%
200
_____take blood away from the heart and to the body. _____ take blood from the body back to the heart.
Arteries, Veins
200
What are the TOP 3 leading causes of Heart Disease in America?
High blood pressure (The pressure causes stiff vessels and eventually causes tiny tears where cholesterol can leak
High blood cholesterol
Smoking
200
The strongest muscle in the human body is ______
The tongue.
300
The two air tubes that branch off from the trachea going to the lungs.
Bronchi/Bronchus
300
Very common respiratory infection which symptoms can include: A cough with mucus discharge, shortness of breath, wheezing, a low fever, and chest tightness.
Bronchitis
300
The 4 chambers of the heart are:
Right and Left _______
Right and Left _______
Ventricles, Atria
300
How many Americans will have a heart attack for the first time this year?
735,000 Americans have a heart attack every year.
300
Which organ is the only one that can float on the water.
Lungs
(This is because our lungs contain 300 million balloon-like structures known as alveoli)
400
Windpipe is another word for:
Trachea
400
This is an infection of the lungs where the alveoli are filled with fluid or pus.
Pneumonia
400
Veins have a Pulse. True or False?
False
400
Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the wall of the arteries that supply blood to the heart (called coronary arteries). Plaque buildup causes the inside of the arteries to narrow over time. What is the Plaque made of?
Deposits of fatty substances (CHOLESTEROL)
and cellular waste products, calcium, and fibrin
400
An adult has _____ bones in their body.
206
A baby is born with 300 bones (cartilage).
500
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide takes place.
Aveoli/Aveolus
500
Condition where your lungs collapse due to a blunt impact.
Pneumothorax
500
Heart sounds are generated by blood flowing in and out of the heart’s chambers through the ______ as they open and close.
Valves
500
Systolic Blood Pressure (Top number) is the pressure against your arteries when your heart is pumping blood around your body.
Diastolic Blood Pressure (Bottom number) shows how much prssure is in your arteries when...
your heart relaxes between beats
500
- The human body is estimated to have ______ miles of blood vessels.
60,000!