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Organs of the Respiratory System
Common Disorders Associated with the Respiratory System
Respiratory System Facts
Across the Lifespan Considerations
Mechanisms of Breathing
100
What is the organ of smell that is also part of the apparatus of respiration and voice?
Nose
100
What is a chronic inflammatory disease typically caused by allergens or other irritating substances that result in swelling of the lining of the trachea and bronchial tubes?
What is Asthma
100
The Olfactory nerve is related to the sense of _____
Smell
100
Infants born before 24 weeks gestation are frequently administered a produced called _________
What is surfactant
100
Define the term Ventilation
What is the term used for movement to and from the alveoli
200
What is also known as the voice box and is a muscular, cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane?
What is the Larynx
200
What is a disease where the mucous membrane in the lungs bronchial passages become inflamed?
What is Bronchitis
200
The average adult lungs contain how many alveoli?
What is 600 million.
200
Administering Surfactant to infants born before 24 weeks gestation helps to decrease _______ _______
What is respiratory distress
200
Physically demonstrate (explaining as you go) the full act of one respiration.
What is Inhalation/ Exhalation
300
What is the musculo-membranous tube that stretches from the base of the skull to the cervical spine? Its main function is to be a passageway for air and food and assists in the production of speech.
What is the Pharynx
300
What is a long term progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath?
What is Emphysema
300
The lungs commonly lose their _________ and become stiffer with aging.
Flexibility.
300
How many breaths per minute do newborns have?
What is 30-80 breaths per minute
300
What is atmospheric pressure?
What is the pressure of the air around us. At low altitudes the pressure is lower and at high altitudes the pressure is higher.
400
What is also known as the windpipe and functions as a passageway to transfer oxygen to the lungs and carbon dioxide from the lungs.
What is the Trachea
400
What is a disease comprised primarily of two related diseases: Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. in both diseases, there is chronic obstruction of the flow of air through the airways and out of the lungs, and the obstruction generally is permanent and progressive over time?
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
400
Patients who have pulmonary diseases are at high risk for developing _________ and ___________ because they may be unable to clear their secretions and because of inflammation blocking the bronchial tubes.
What is Bronchitis and Pneumonia
400
Do older adults respiratory rates increase or decrease?
What is decrease, due to pollution, smoking and mucous membranes producing less cilia.
400
Where are the intercostal muscles found?
What is between the ribs
500
What is the name for the large, conical shaped lobes in the chest that supply oxygen, removes wastes and toxins and defends against hostile intruders?
What is the Lungs
500
What is a chronic and progressive disease usually diagnosed in childhood that causes mucous to become thick, dry, and sticky?
What is Cystic Fibrosis.
500
The symptoms of a common cold usually appear about how many days after exposure to a cold virus?
What is 1-3 days.
500
True or false, due to skeletal changes of aging oftentimes breathing in the elderly is diaphragm based rather than rib based.
What is True
500
Where is the diaphragm located?
What is below the lungs