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Lungs Flashcards

1
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What body system allows a person to inhale/exhale to move (oxygen; O2) into the bloodstream and get rid of waste (gas; carbon dioxide; CO2) from the lungs?

A

Respiratory System

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2
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Anything that has to do with lungs is called what?

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Pulmonary

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3
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What do you call a thin tissue that covers the outside part of the lungs?

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Pleura

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4
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Name an organ that allows oxygen (air) to enter your body.

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Nose

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5
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This area of the mouth that allows the air you breath to become humid.

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Nasal Cavity

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6
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It’s job is to receive food, breathing, and speaking.

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Oral Cavity

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7
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A fancy name for voice box

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Larynx

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8
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An open/close flap; prevents food from entering as you breathe

A

Epiglottis

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9
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A fancy name for throat; cavity behind your mouth

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Pharynx

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10
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Long tube leading food from mouth to stomach; food tube

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Esophagus

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11
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A fancy name for windpipe

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Trachea

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12
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Two tubes leading from trachea to the lungs

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Bronchi

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13
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Smallest airway tubes connecting bronchi to alveoli

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Bronchioles

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14
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Very small air sacs where the the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place

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Alveoli

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15
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Which side of the lungs have 3 lobes?

A

Right Lungs

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16
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Which side of the lungs have 2 lobes?

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Left Lungs

17
Q

A muscle that helps inhale and exhale, located beneath your lungs and heart

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Diaphragm

18
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It’s a microscopic hairlike structure whose job is to trap dirt and germs

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Cilia

19
Q

A special type of mucus found in the lungs and throat; keeps throat and nose from drying out, has antibodies that kill bacteria in the air

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Phlegm

20
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Smallest blood vessel; a blood vessel where O2 and CO2 gas are echanged

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Capillaries

21
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Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart

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Artery

22
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Blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart

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Vein

23
Q

inflammation of the mucus membrane that lines the bronchial tubes

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Bronchitis

24
Q

Inflammation of the air sacs in the lungs caused by bacterial infection

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Pneumonia

25
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Chronic disorder/inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes with spasm

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Asthma

26
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Chronic respiratory disorder caused by the destruction of lung tissue and air sacs are lost

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Emphysema

27
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Bacterial infection that affects lungs. Contagious, spread through air

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Tuberculosis

28
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Intense fear leading to sweating, hyperventilation, racing heart, fear of death

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Panic Attack

29
Q

Hereditary disease that causes mucus membranes to produce to much mucus

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Cystic Fibrosis

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