Newborn Respiratory System Flashcards
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Newborn Respiratory System
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- ribcage not rigid
- lung recoil as strong as adults
- highly elastic lungs
- extra effort to say above REL
1
Q
Back to Sleep
A
- don’t want gravity
- high elastic recoil
2
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ALTTR
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- Alveoli: increase in size and number
- Lungs: grow larger
- Trachea: increase in diameter
- Thoracic Cavity: gets bigger
- Ribcage: gets bigger and stronger
- breathing gets easier around age 2
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