Diseases
When one has bronchitis, do their air tubes narrow or widen?
What is narrow.
Does the relaxation of inspiratory muscles increase or decrease size of the thorax?
What is decrease.
What is the name of rapid, deep respirations?
What is hyperventilation.
The increase in pulmonary ventilation in the excess need for oxygen.
What is Hyperventilation?
A slow, deep inspiration (breath in) through an unusually widened mouth
What is the yawn reflex?
What is the name of the obstructive lung disorder characterized by recurring inflammation of muccus membranes and spasms of the smooth muscles in the walls of the bronchial air passages.
What is asthma.
Does an increase of thoracic volume draw air in the lungs or out of the lungs?
What is inward.
What is the name of slow, shallow respirations?
What is hyperventilation.
The decrease in pulmonary ventilation that results in elevated blood levels of carbon dioxide.
What is Hypoventilation?
An involuntary, spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, that produces a sound.
What is a hiccup?
Factors that restrict breathing can originate within the lung, outside the lung, or both?
What is both.
Does the contraction of the diaphragm result in an increase or decrease in vertical diameter of the thorax?
What is increase.
What is the name of the temporary cessation of breathing at the end of a normal expiration (it may occur during sleep or when swallowing)?
What is apnea.
The temporary cessation of breathing at the end of a normal expiration (during sleep or swallowing)
What is Apnea?
A contraction that causes an upward burst of air that removes the offending contaminants (foreign matter in the trachea/bronchi).
What is the cough reflex?
What does SIDS stand for?
What is "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome."
Does a decrease in the size of lungs increase or decrease alveolar pressure?
What is increase.
How do exercise psychologists predict a person's capacity to do aerobic exercise?
What is maximum oxygen consumption.
Normal, quiet breathing
What is Eupnea?
Stimulated by contaminants in the nasal cavity, a burst of air through the nose and mouth forcing contaminants & mucus out of respiratory tract.
What is the sneeze reflex?
What is the name of the tiny air sacs in the lungs that help move oxygen into the bloodstream and remove carbon dioxide?
What is alveoli.
What is not needed during normal, quiet breathing?
The contraction of expiratory muscles.
What is the name of the pattern that describes repeated sequences of deep gasps and apnea?
What is Biot’s breathing.
Repeated sequences of deep gasps and apnea
What is Biot's breathing?
A protective response of the body to cold water immersion responsible of the recovery of drownings
What is the diving reflex?