Raspatory System

Question 1

Define Ventilation

Answer 1

The process of moving air in and out of the body

Question 2

What equals one Respiration

Answer 2

1 Inhale and 1 Exhale

Question 3

What is the process of Respiration/ What is happening in the body

Answer 3

There is an exchange of O2 and CO2

Question 4

Describe the Entire process of External Respiration

Answer 4

It happens in the lungs and it Picks up O2 and drops off CO2

Question 5

Describe the entire process of internal respiration

Answer 5

It happens in the body and it Drops off O2 and picks up CO2

Question 6

Define oxygenation

Answer 6

The process of adding 02 to hemoglobin

Question 7

What are sinuses

Answer 7

Air pockets

Question 8

What is the medical term for throat

Answer 8

Pharynx

Question 9

What does the epiglottis do

Answer 9

Cover the trachea during swallowing

Question 10

What is the Medical term for asthma, what is a symptom, and what is the medication for it and why

Answer 10

Reversable Obstructive Airway Disease; Wheezing; Steroids are the treatments NOT the inhaler because the inhaler acts as a transporter

Question 11

What is bronchitis, how is it caused, and what is the medication for it

Answer 11

Inflammation of the Bronchi; Caused by smoking; and medication is steroids

Question 12

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, what are the two types, what is a symptom, what is it caused by, and what is its medication

Answer 12

• Obstruction of the airways
• Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema (The Alveoli are too inflated and they can’t exchange or get rid of the air very well)
• Barrel chest symptom
• Caused by smoking
• Steroids are an option but they don’t really help so you just live with it

Question 13

What is Lung cancer, how does it spread, and what causes it, and what is an aid to it

Answer 13

• When harmful cells grow in the lungs
• Spreads by the O2 carrying the harmful cells throughout the body and blood stream
• caused by smoking
• Chemo stops it but it still spreads sicknesses to the body and sometimes the harmful cells have already entered the blood and you will just have to wait

Question 14

What is TB, who needs to worry about getting it, how does it spread, what is a sign of it, and how do we see if a PT has it

Answer 14

• It is a bacteria
• People with low immunity need to worry about it
• It is airborne meaning you must wear a N95 mask or higher when in contact
• A sign is Bloody Sputum (coughing up blood)
• An X-Ray is the only way to see if you have it