Upper Respiratory
The larynx is also called
Voice Box
Define Inhalation
Breathing in
The essential organs of the respiratory system
Lungs
Cyan
Blue
Gas that we exhale
Carbon Dioxide
The flap-like structure in the pharynx
Epiglottis
Define Anoxia
lack of oxygen
The branches in the lungs
Bronchi or Bronchioles
Brady-
Slow
The inhalation and exhalation of air
Breathing
The 2 cavities in the upper respiratory tract
Oral and Nasal Cavity
Slow Breathing
The air sacs at the end of the bronchioles
Alveoli
Pleur/o
pleura
The process between the lungs and the bloodstream
Gas Exchange
Hairlike structures that line the mucous membrane
Cilia
Define pertussis
Whooping cough
Connects the upper and lower respiratory tract
Trachea
Thorac/o
Chest
The larynx primary function
To produce sound
All the structures in the upper respiratory tract
Nasal cavity, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx
Define hemoptysis
Coughing up blood
All the structures in the lower respiratory tract
Trachea, lungs, bronchus, and alveoli
Pneum/o
lung, air
The gas exhange location
In the Capillaries