Lungs Flashcards
What body system allows a person to inhale/exhale to move into the blood stream and get rid of waste from the lungs?
Respiratory System
Anything that has to do with lungs is called what?
Pulmonary
What do you call a thin tissue that covers the outside part of the lungs
Pleura
Name an Organ that allows oxygen to enter your body
nose
This area of the mouth that allows the air you breathe to become humid
Nasal cavity
its job is to receive food, breathing speaking
oral cavity
A fancy name for voice box
larynx
An open/close flap; prevents good from entering as you breathe
epiglottis
A fancy name for throat; cavity behind your mouth
pharynx
Long tube leading food from mouth to stomach; food tube
esophagus
A fancy name for windpipe
Trachea
two tubes leading food from mouth to the lungs
bronchi
Smallest air way tubes connecting to bronchi to alveoli
bronchioles
very small air sacs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
Alveoli
Which side of the lung had 3 lobes?
Right lung
which side of the lung has 2 lobes?
left lung
A muscle that helps you inhale and exhale, located beneath your lungs and heart.
diaphragm
its a microscopic hairlike structure whose job is to trap dirt and germs.
cillia
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.
phlegm
smallest blood vessel; a blood vessel where O2 and CO2 gas are exchanged
capillaries
blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart
artery
blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart
vien
inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the bronchial tubes
bronchitis
inflammation of the air sacs in the lungs caused by bacterial infection
pneumonia
chronic disorder/inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes with spasm
asthma
chronic respiratory disorder caused by the destruction of lung tissue and air sacs are lost
emphysema
bacterial infection that affects lungs. contagious, spread through air
tuberculosis
intense fer leading to sweating hyperventilation racing heart, fear of death
panic attack
hereditary disease that causes mucus membranes to produce too much mucus
cystic fibrosis
