Upper Respiratory System
These are hollow areas in your head. They make your head lighters and they continue the warming, moisturizing and filtering processes.
What are sinus cavities?
Name of the large muscle that pulls air into the lungs
What is the diaphragm?
The swelling and inflammation of the bronchial tubes
What is Bronchitis?
This happens when something irritates your nasal passages and your body works to expel it
What is a sneeze?
Three reasons you shouldn't pick your nose
1. You spread your germs to others
2. You transfer germs from your fingers to your nose
3. You can easily break the skin in you nose
4. During the time of Covid-19, you risk exposing yourself even more to the virus
These are bony plates inside your nasal passages. They are covered with mucus and cause the air to "bounce" around rather than flowing straight into your body.
What are conchae?
The large tube that connect the larynx to the bronchus
What is the trachea?
A tightening and thickening of the bronchial tubes, making the air passages inflamed and hard to breathe through.
What is asthma?
Two functions of the nose
What are: 1. filters the air
2. Warms inbound air
3. moistens the air
Total lung capacity of a typical adult male
6 liters
The scientific name for your throat
What is the pharynx?
The tiny balloon-like sacs where carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen
What are alveoli?
the swelling and inflammation of the bronchioles
What is bronchiolitis?
This happens when something irritates your throat or airways and your body works to expel it
Cough
When to use the Heimlich Maneuver
What is to aid a choking person in expelling food out of their trachea?
The part of the pharynx located behind your nasal cavity is called...
What is the nasopharynx?
Two tubes that lead from the bottom of the trachea to each lung
What are the bronchii?
Lung condition that causes shortness of breath due to damaged alveoli; the stress on the alveoli causes the rib cage to expand resulting in a "barrel chest"
What is emphysema?
The sticky, viscous coating that is secreted by cells along your respiratory tract to trap foreign substances and lubricate the URS
What is mucus?
Three ways to protect your lung health
What are: 1. Aerobic exercise
2. Use good posture
3. Get vaccinated
The scientific term for the voice box
What is the larynx?
The smaller tubes that branch off each bronchi within the lungs
What are bronchioles?
Chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
tiny hairs that move back and forth along the trachea called
What are cilia?
You are not smoking, but you breath in the smoke or vapor from someone who is smoking
What is secondhand smoke?