Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
The respiratory structure lined with cilia that traps pathogens before entering the pharynx.
What is the nasal cavity or nose?
A common symptom of this disease is that it produces a high-pitched whistling sound during expiration.
What is Asthma?
The gland that connects the nervous system and the endocrine system
What is the Hypothalamus?
The condition most likely affecting a pregnant woman with elevated glucose levels during an oral glucose tolerance test
What is Gestational Diabetes?
The enlarged condition of the thyroid gland often seen as swelling in the neck.
What is a Goiter?
The name of the windpipe made of rings of cartilage that leads to the lungs.
What is the trachea?
The two most common conditions associated with COPD.
What are Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema?
The gland that produces hormones to control metabolism and regulate body temperature.
What is the Thyroid?
Three recommendations for a patient diagnosed with prediabetes.
What are Lifestyle modifications, diet, and exercise?
Weight gain, fatigue, and feeling cold all the time are associated with _______________
What is Hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's Thyroiditis?
The muscle that contracts to create space for lung expansion during breathing.
What is the Diaphragm?
The infection of the lungs that causes inflammation and fluid buildup.
What is Pneumonia?
The endocrine gland that also functions as an exocrine gland during digestion.
What is the Pancreas?
The condition characterized by vomiting, fruity-smelling breath, confusion, and high blood glucose levels.
What is Diabetic Ketoacidosis or DKA?
The gland responsible for releasing melatonin in response to darkness.
What is the Pineal Gland?
The structure serves as a passageway for air and houses the Eustachian tubes that equalize pressure in your middle ear.
What is the Nasopharynx?
The respiratory condition caused by damage to the walls of the air sacs (alveoli).
What is Emphysema?
______________ are chemical messengers that are secreted by ductless _______________ glands directly into the bloodstream.
What are hormones and endocrine glands?
The type of diabetes that develops when cells become resistant to insulin, and the pancreas can no longer produce enough.
What is Type 2 Diabetes?
The hormone overproduced in hyperthyroidism.
What is Thyroxine or Thyroid Hormone?
The correct pathway of oxygen as it enters the alveoli.
Air > Alveoli > ______________ > ________________ > ________________ > Body Tissues
What is air > alveolar membranes > capillary walls > blood > body tissues?
A 65-year-old pt with pmh of smoking complains of SOB, chronic cough, and a hunched posture with his elbows on his knees. Identify the disease.
What is COPD?
The hormone that lowers blood sugar levels and the hormone that raises them.
What are Insulin and Glucagon?
What are IV fluids and Insulin?
The pauses in breathing during sleep that are serious due to low amounts of oxygen
What is Apnea or Sleep Apnea?