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A&P LINK 4.1
Question | Answer |
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EXPIRATION | RELEASING AIR OUT OF THE BODY |
EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME | AMOUNT OF AIR EXPELLED IN ONE MAXMUM BREATH PAST NORMAL EXHALATION |
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION | SECOND PHASE WHICH ONLY TAKES PLACE IN THE LUNGS IT OCCURS WHEN EXPIRATION RELEASES THE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE BODY AND BRING INSPIRATION BRINGS OXYGEN IN |
INSPIRATION | BRINGING OXYGEN INTO THE BODY |
INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME | ANOUNT OF AIR TAKEN IN PAST THE NORMAL INHALATION |
INTERNAL RESPIRATION | FOURTH PHASE OCCURS WITHIN THE CELLS OF THE BODY WHEN OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE ARE EXCHANGED WITHIN THE CAPILLARIES |
PULMONARY VENTILATION | AIR MUST MOVE INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS SO THE ALVEOLI ARE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO AIR FOR GAS EXCHANGE TO OCCUR |
RESIDUAL VOLUME | AMOUNT OF AIR LEFT IN THE LUNGS AFTER MAXIMUM EXPIRATION |
RESPIRATORY CYCLE | ONE INSPIRATION AND ONE EXPIRATION IS EQUAL TO ONE BREATH |
SURFACTANT | THE ALVEOLI ARE COATED IN A SUBSTANCE |
TOTAL CAPACITY | TOTAL AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL VOLUME AND VITAL CAPACITY |
TIDAL VOLUME | AMOUNT OF AIR TAKEN IN A NORMAL SINGLE BREATH |
VITAL CAPACITY | AMOUNT OF AIR EXCHANGED DURING NORMAL BREATHING |
NOSE | IS THE ONLY EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM |
NARES | AIR ENTERS THE NOSE THROUGH THE NARES OR NOSTRILS |
PHARYNX | IS A MUSCULAR TUBE ABOUT 5 INCHES LONG AND IS A PASSAGEWAY FOR FOOD AND AIR |
NASOPHARYNX | BEHIND THE NASAL CAVITY |
OROPHARYNX | BEHIND THE ORAL CAVITY |
LARYNGOPHARYNX | LOCATED IN THE NECK |
UVULA | IT BLOCKS THE ENTRANCE TO THE NASOPHARYNX |
TONSILS | STRUCTURES ARE CLUSTERS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE THAT HELP PREVENT MICROORGANISMS FROM ENTERING THE PHARYNX |
LARYNX | AIR TRAVELS FROM THE PHARYNX INTO THE VOICE BOX |
VOCAL CORDS | TWO FOLDS OF TISSUE THEY VIBRATE AND SOUNDS PRODUCED |
EPIGLOTTIS | A FLAP OF CARTILAGE |
TRACHEA | THE WINDPIPE IS RIGID TUBE ABOUT FOUR INCHES IN LENGTH |
BRONCHUS | EACH BRANCH ENTERS INTO A LUNG |
LUNGS | SIT IN THE CENTRAL THORACIC CAVITY IN A SPACE CALLED MEDIASTINUM |
CARDIC NOTCH | THE HEART SITS INSIDE A CURVED SECTION OF THE LEFT LUNG |
BRONCHIOLES | WITHIN THE LUNGS EACH BRONCHUS DIVIDES INTO SMALLER BRANCHES |
ALVEOLI | AT THE ENDS OF BRONCHIOLES ARE CLUSTERS OF ROUND SACLIKE STRUCTURES |
SURFACTANT | SUBSTANCE THAT SURROUNDS THE ALVEOLI OF THE LUNGS AND STOPS THEM FROM STICKING TOGETHER AFTER EXHALATION |
RESPIRATORY GAS TRANSPORT | AFTER GAS EXCHANGE HAS OCCURED IN THE ALVEOLI OXYGEN CARBON DIOXIDE ARE TRANSPORTED FROM BACK TO THE LUNGS BY THE BLOODSTREAM |
HYPOXIA | A LACK OF OXYGEN TO THE TISSUES FOR ANY REASON |
HYPERVENTILATION | INCREASED RATE AND DEPTH OF BREATHING THAT CAUSES A DECREASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD |
APENA | LACK OF BREATHING |
DYSPNEA | PAINFUL OR DIFFICULT BREATHING |
EUPNEA | NORMAL BREATHING |
HYPERNEA | INCREASED DEPTH AND RATE OF BREATHING USUALLY A RESULT OF EXERCISE |
HYPOPNEA | SLOW SHALLOW BREATHING USUALLY CAUSED BY AN OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY |
HYPOVENTILATION | SLOW AND SHALLOW BREATHING THAT DECREASES GAS EXCHANGE BY THE ALVEOLI RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD |
CYANOSIS | BLUENESS OF THE SKIN |
ASTHMA | CHRONIC ATTACKS OF DYSPNEA CASUED BY SPASMS OF THE BRONCHI |
BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI CAN BE CAUSED BY BACTERIA OR VIRAL INFECTION |
COPD | GENERAL TERM FOR OBSTRUCTION OF THE LUNG TISSUE RESULTING IN LOSS OF AIRFLOW |
CYSTIC FIBROSIS | GENETIC DISORDER INHERITED FROM BOTH PARENTS |
EMPHYSEMA | IRREVERISBLE EXPANSION OF THE ALVEOLI MOST OFTERN CAUSED BY CIGARETTE SMOKE |
PNEUMONIA | ALEVOLI BECOME FILLED WITH FLUID BECAUSE OF INFECTION CAN BE CAUSED BY BACTERIA VIRUSES TRAUMA MOLD SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER CHILIS PRODUCTIVE COUGH CHEST PAIN WHEN COUGHING AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH |