Ch 10 Flashcards
Serves as an air passageway
Nose
Serves as a passageway for air and food; contributes to phonation as a chamber where the sound is able to resonate
Pharynx
Produces vocal sounds.
Larynx
Provides an open passageway for air to and from the lungs
Trachea
Provide a passageway for air to and from the lungs
Bronchi
Bring air into contact with blood so that oxygen and carbon dioxide can be exchanged in the alveoli
Lungs
Pertaining to a small air sac in the lungs
Alveolus
Lung condition caused by the inhalation of coal dust and silica; also called black lung
Anthracosis
Temporary cessation of breathing
Apnea
Emergency condition in which there is a depletion of oxygen in the blood with and increase of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
Asphyxia
The act of drawing in or out by suction using a device such as a syringe or needle
Aspiration
Disease of the bronchi characterized by wheezing, dyspnea, and a feeling of constriction in the chest.
Asthma
A disorder characterized by the collapse of part of or the entire lung or failure of the lung to expand (inflate) completely. This may be caused by a blocked airway, a tumor, general anesthesia, pneumonia or other lung infections, lung disease, or long-term bed rest with shallow breathing.
Atelecatasis
Chronic dilation of a bronchus or bronchi, with a secondary infection that usually involves the lower portion of a lung
Bronchiectasis
