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A muscle that separates the chest and abdominal cavities. Without the diaphragm, respiration would be impossible.
Diaphragm
End of ______ are air like sacs called alveoli
Bronchioles
Throat
Pharynx
Airways that connect the trachea to the lungs
Bronchi
Inflammation of the bronchi.
Symptoms: Wheezing, shortness of breath & coughing either acute or chronic. Complications of a viral infection such as a cold or the flu.
Bronchitis
Inflammation of the lungs caused by the bacterial or viral infection
Pneumonia
Infectious, bacterial disease of the lungs.
Symptoms: fever, sweating, weakness, poor appetite, shortness of breath, severe coughing.
Tuberculosis
Inflammation of the membrane lining the facial sinuses, the air-filled cavities in the bones that surround the nose. Symptoms: fever, stuffy nose, throbbing ache.
Sinusitis
Exchanges of gases between your body and your environment
Respiration
The lung consists of five _____. The left lung has a superior and inferior _____, while the right lung has superior, middle, and inferior _____.
Lobes
Exchange of air and CO2 to take place. Air enters the nose & mouth, preferably the nose because of cilia.
Alveoli
Located in front of the esophagus
Trachea
Connects the throat & the trachea
Larynx
An inflammatory condition in which the trachea, bronchi and bronchioles become narrowed causing difficulty in breathing
Treatment: Inhaler or bronchodilator
Asthma
Inflammation of the membrane lining the lungs and chest cavity
Pleurisy
Disease in which the alveoli in the lungs burst and blend to form fewer, larger sacs with less surface area. Caused by smoking. Conditions cannot be reversed.
Emphysema
Flap that keeps food from going into the respiratory system.
Epiglottis
Tiny appendages that stick out from eukaryotic cells; responsible for moving the cells around and moving fluids past cells
Cilia
Exchanges of oxygen & CO2 take place between air & blood in the lungs.
External Respiration
Exchanges of gases between blood & body cells.
Internal Respiration