The Upper
Along with nose hairs, these tiny hairs help filter out dust and pathogens heading to the lungs.
What are cilia?
The common cold is found in this part of the respiratory system.
What is the upper respiratory system?
The four parts of the lower respiratory system
What are the lower part of the trachea, the lungs, the ribs and the diaphram?
When a breathing tube is placed down the trachea to keep the airway open to administer oxygen.
What is a ventilator? (intubation)
The vessels by which the blood returns to the heart from the lungs.
What are the pulmonary veins?
The medical name for the throat.
What is the pharynx?
When an upper respiratory infection migrates to the internal respiratory system.
What is a chest cold?
Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles.
The tube through which oxygen flows from the tank into the nose.
What is a nasal cannula?
The G of the chest xray ABCDEFG checklist.
What is identifying the great vessels, like the aorta?
It folds to cover your trachea when you swallow.
What is the epiglottis?
The condition where muscles surrounding the bronchi overact to certain stimuli, causing them to contract.
What is asthma?
These create the thoracic cavity
What are the ribs?
The machine providing oxygen delivery for those suffering from sleep apnea.
What is CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine?
The vessel through which deoxygenated blood enters the heart from the lower body.
What is the inferior vena cava?
The medical term for the voice box
What is the larynx?
The condition when the lungs become inflamed and fill with fluids.
What is pneumonia?
When the trachea becomes part of the lower respiratory system.
What is as the trachea branches into the bronchi?
The type of oxygen given to those having difficulty exhaling.
What is Bilevel positive airway pressure? (Bipap)
These exist because of the high pressure in these blood vessels.
What are thicker walls of the arteries?
The tube which branches to the bronchi.
What is the trachea?
The condition when the diaphragm is not strong enough to fully exhale.
What is emphysema?
What the diaphram does when you inhale.
What is contracts and pulls flat?
What is an otolaryngologist?
These occur when the walls of the arteries thin and weaken, resulting in them bulging out.
What is an aneurysm?