Respiratory Processes
These two describe the cycle of breathing which takes fresh air in and releases waste air back out
What are inspiration and expiration? (p247)
The pharynx is the term for this general area of the body
What is the throat? (p254)
This organ is about the size of a human fist and acts as 2 pumps for the body
What is the heart? (p270)
Red blood cells, which are responsible for moving this gas into cells, make up most of the cells in blood
What is oxygen? (p264)
The whoosh in the heart sound which means a valve is leaking
What is a heart murmur? (p271)
This is the body's attempt to wash out infection by making the mucosa swell in the sinuses and producing more mucus than usual
What is a sinus infection? (p252)
The trachea branch into these two tubes which then split further into bronchioles
What are bronchi? (p259)
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries? (p268)
The clear yellow fluid in blood which is made mostly of water
What is plasma? (p262)
When these arteries are clogged due to plaque buildup, the result can be a heart attack.
What are coronary arteries? (p274)
This is the consumption of nutrients by cells throughout the body to make energy
What is cellular respiration? (p248)
The large, flat, dome-shaped skeletal muscle that separates the thorax from the abdomen
What is the diaphragm? (p261)
These blood vessels carry blood from the body back to the heart
What are veins? (p268)
When disease is present in the body, the number of these cells will increase greatly in the blood stream
What are white blood cells? (p264)
This is a very fast heartbeat for someone at rest which includes heart palpitations.
What is tachycardia? (p275)
This is the strong contraction of the smooth muscles of the bronchial tree. Sometimes called 'an attack'.
What is asthma? (p258)
The lungs are encased in these individual membranes
What are pleura? (p260)
This muscle tissue is different than any other muscle tissue in the body, meaning the cells contract automatically without nerves or hormones making it work
What is cardiac muscle or heart muscle? (p273)
This is the red protien that binds to oxygen and gives red blood cells their color
This is the condition of inadequate heart pumping where the blood backs up in the veins and fluid from the blood leaks out into the tissues
What is heart failure? (p275)
This viral or bacterial infection of the lungs' alveoli makes them useless for gas exchange resulting in much difficulty breathing
What is Pneumonia? (p259)
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide are exchanged here
What are the alveoli? (p259)
This term means 'around the heart' and is the name of the space where the heart is housed
What is Pericardial? (p270)
The ability of blood to clot keeps us alive but can be deadly when it happens spotaneously then turns into a traveling blood clot called this
What is an embolus? (p263)
In this procedure, a doctor sends a catheeter into the heart through an artery to treat tachycardia or fibrillation
What is an ablation? (p276)