ANATOMY
What is the Diaphragm?
Primary muscle of respiration, contracts to expand the thoracic cavity.
Which nerve controls the movement of the diaphragm?
The phrenic nerve is one of the most important nerves in the body due to the role of it being the respiration.
This phase of respiration is most important for speech production.
What is exhalation?
The movement of air that goes in and out of the lungs.
What is ventilation?
This device is used to measure the amount of air a person can inhale and exhale, helping assess lung function.
What is a spirometer?
What are the Lungs?
Primary organs of respiration, contain alveoli for gas exchange.
What surrounds the lungs?
The rib cage wall protects the lungs, heart and the vital organs. The rib cage is a framework that includes the thoracic of each of the segments of the vertebral column.
The primary function of the respiratory system in speech production.
What is provides airflow needed for sound production?
The diaphragm contracts and flattens, external intercostal muscles expand the rib cage, lung volume increases and air pressure decreases.
What is inhalation/inspiration?
This test checks how well your lungs are working by measuring how much air you can breathe in and out.
What is a pulmonary function test?
What is the Trachea?
The windpipe, allowing air passage from the mouth/nose to the lungs.
What are the tubes called that divides into smaller tubes at the lower portion of the trachea?
Main-stem bronchi, there are two tubes in which one of them runs to the left lung and one will run to the right lung.
The muscle is primarily responsible for controlling airflow during speech.
What is the diaphragm?
The diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, the rib cage returns to its resting position, lung volume decreases and air pressure increases.
What is exhalation/expiration?
This test measures the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood to check how well your lungs are working.
What is an arterial blood gas test?
What are the Alveoli?
Tiny air sacs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
(FUN FACT) What is 12 to 20?
Humans breath around 12 to 20 per minute when the individual is resting.
This happens when the respiratory function is impaired during speech.
What is speech may become weak, breathy, or effortful?
Oxygen is carried by hemoglobin in this cell.
What are red blood cells?
This medical device is inserted into the trachea through an incision in the neck to help a person breathe when they have difficulty breathing on their own
What is a tracheostomy tube?
What are the Intercostal Muscles?
Located between ribs, they assist in raising and lowering the ribcage for breathing.
This muscle belongs to the respiratory muscle and it elevates the ribs when there is a forced inspiration. This is called
This is called the external intercostal muscles. There are 11 muscles thats fills the outer portion of the ribs that are the interspaces.
The pressure beneath the vocal folds that helps control vocal intensity and pitch.
What is subglottal pressure?
This major body system works with the respiratory system to have oxygen reach body cells and remove carbon dioxide efficiently.
What is the circulatory system?
This device measures the oxygen level in your blood by attaching to your fingertip or earlobe.
What is pulse oximetry?