Upper Respiratory Passageways
This structure filters, warms and moistens air as it enters the body.
What is the nasal cavity?
These two main tubes branch off from the trachea into each lung.
What are the bronchi?
This term describes normal, quiet breathing.
What is eupnea?
The combining form bronch/o refers to these structures.
What are bronchi?
This common infection involves inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
What is bronchitis?
These hair like structures help move mucus and trapped particles out of the respiratory tract.
What are cilia?
These smaller branches of the bronchi lead directly to the alveoli.
What are bronchioles?
This muscle is the main driver of inhalation.
What is the diaphragm?
The suffix -pnea means this.
What is breathing?
This chronic disease results in damaged alveoli and difficulty exhaling.
What is emphysema?
This part of the throat is commonly called the "voice box".
What is the larynx?
The right lung has this many lobes.
What are the three lobes?
This term describes the exchange of gases between the alveoli and the blood.
What is external respiration?
The combining form pleur/o refers to this membrane.
What is the pleura?
This condition involves fluid build up in the alveoli, often shown as consolidation on X-ray.
What is pneumonia?
This passage lies behind the nose and mouth and serves both respiratory and digestive functions.
What is the pharynx?
These tiny structures are the primary site of gas exchange in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
This protein carries oxygen in red blood cells.
What is hemoglobin?
The term tachypnea means this breathing pattern.
What is abnormally fast breathing?
This life threatening condition results from a foreign object blocking the airway.
What is airway obstruction?
This flap of cartilage prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing.
What is the epiglottis?
This double layered membrane surrounds and protects the lungs.
What is the pleura?
This process describes ventilation, perfusion and diffusion working together.
What is effective gas transport?
The term hypoxemia can be broken down to mean this condition.
What is low oxygen in the blood?
This test measures lung volumes and capacities and is commonly used in asthma evaluation.
What is spirometry?