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Terminology
Anatomy
100
brady-
slow
100
-capnia
carbon dioxide
100
spir/o
breath
100
What does COPD stand for?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
100
What does the epiglotis do?
It seals off the air passage way to the lungs while swallowing
200
dys-
bad,painful
200
-osmia
smell
200
endo
in, within
200
What is the nasal cavity?
a chamber lined with mucous membranes and cilia
200
What is the pharynx?
your throat
300
eu-
good, normal
300
-phonia
voice
300
pneum
air,lung
300
What is pulmonary ventilation?
The movement of air in and out of the lungs
300
What are alveoli?
Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles
400
tachy-
rapid
400
-pnea
breathing
400
laryng/o
larynx
400
What is respiration?
It is the gas exchange between the alveoli and the blood in the capillaries
400
What is the large muscular partition that lies between the chest and abdominal cavity?
the diaphragm
500
a-
without
500
-thorax
chest
500
angi/o
vessel
500
What is perfusion?
Perfusion is when oxygenated capillary blood passes through body tissues
500
What is the collection of lymphoid tissue within the nasopharynx?
adenoids