Lungs
Disease Categories
Respiration
Immune and Integumentaray Systems
Excretory and Endocrine Systems
100
This forms the moveable floor of the thoracic cavity
What is the diaphragm?
100
Caused by gradual loss of organ function
What is a degenerative disease?
100
This part of our brain controls our breathing
What is the medulla oblongata?
100
These blood cells that protect the body from infections
What are white blood cells?
100
The primary function of these glands is to regulate body temperature
What are sweat glands?
200
The name of the structure marked with the blue box
What are the alveoli?
200
Severe but short-lasting
What is an acute disease?
200
The amount of air that is inhaled and exhaled during normal breathing
What is tidal volume?
200
A tumor that shows no tendency to spread through the body
What is benign?
200
Hormones are part of this system
What is the endocrine system?
300
The name of the structure marked with the blue box
What is the trachea?
300
Cannot be spread from person-to-person
What is a noncommunicable disease?
300
This law describes the pressure and volume change which allows us to breath
What is Boyle's Law?
PV = PV
300
This part of the skin is exposed to the environment
What is the epidermis?
300
This system is part of the excretory system, and its most important organs are the kidneys
What is the urinary system?
400
The buildup of excessive fluid in the lungs because of a bacterial or viral infection
What is pneumonia?
400
Occurs when the immune system attacks the body
What is an autoimmune disease?
400
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and the tissue cells
What is internal respiration?
400
A tiny capsule of genetic information that infects and reprograms living cells
What is a virus?
400
This hormone makes you feel sleepy
What is melatonin?
500
An allergic condition characterized by periodic spasms of the bronchial tubes that makes breathing difficult
What is asthma?
500
Occurs during development in the mother’s womb or is present at birth
What is a congenital Disease?
500
The process of releasing energy from food
What is cellular respiration?
500
What is the subcutaneous layer of skin?
500
The prefix if someone has too much of a particular hormone
What is hyper-?