chapter 8 terminology

Question 1

respiration

Answer 1

activity of various processes that supply oxygen to all body cells and remove carbon dioxide

Question 2

breathing is called

Answer 2

pulmonary ventilation or ventilation

Question 3

respiratory system

Answer 3

consist of a series of passages that bring outside air in contact with special structures that lie close to blood capillaries where oxygen and cardon dioxide are exchanged

Question 4

inspiration / inhalation

Answer 4

air in

Question 5

expiration / exhalation

Answer 5

air out

Question 6

pleura

Answer 6

membrane that surrounds the lung and lines the walls of the chest cavity

Question 7

URT

Answer 7

upper respiratory tract

• nose
• nasal cavity
• pharynx
• larynx

Question 8

LRT

Answer 8

lower respiratory tract

• trachea
• bronchi
• bronchioles
• alveoli
• lungs

Question 9

alveoli

Answer 9

air sacs of the lungs where oxygen is exchanged for waste cardon dioxide

Question 10

epiglottis

Answer 10

lid like structure that covers that larynx during swallowing

Question 11

oximeter

Answer 11

measure % of hemoglobin saturation with oxygen in the blood

Question 12

normal respiration rate

Answer 12

15-20

Question 13

brady respiration rate

Answer 13

bradypnea under 12

Question 14

tachy respiration rate

Answer 14

tachypnea over 20

Question 15

spir/o

Answer 15

to breathe

Question 16

deficiency of oxygen

Answer 16

hypoxia and anoxia

Question 17

nares

Answer 17

nostrils

Question 18

nasal septum

Answer 18

separates the nostrils left and right

Question 19

esophagus

Answer 19

Musculomembranous canal extending from the pharynx to the stomach

Question 20

VC

Answer 20

VITAL CAPACITY

the largest volume of air that can be exhaled after maximum inspiration

Question 21

polyp

Answer 21

small tumorlike growth protruding from a mucus membrane

Question 22

sputum

Answer 22

material raised from the mucus membranes of the respiratory tract often expelled by coughing

Question 23

glottis

Answer 23

consists of the vocal cords or folds and the opening between them

Question 24

Tripod position

Answer 24

eases breathing for a patient with CAL (chronic airflow limitation)

Question 25

effusion

Answer 25

escape of fluid into the air space and tissue space of the lungs

Question 26

embolism

Answer 26

sudden blocking of an artery by foreign material that has been brought to its site of blockage by circulating blood.