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Reportory System Flashcards

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What is the Mediastinum?

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In the chest between the lungs where the trachea divides into two branches called bronchial tubes

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What is the Hilum?

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Midline region of lungs where blood

vessels, nerves, lymphatic tissue, and bronchial tubes enter and exit the organ.

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What are the apex and the base?

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The uppermost part of the lungs is called apex the lower area is the base

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What is asthma?

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Spasm and narrowing of bronchi which leads to bronchial airway obstruction

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What is asbestosis?

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Asbestos particles accumulate in the lungs

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What is Chronic Bronchitis?

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Inflammation of the bronchi what persists for a long time.

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What is coup?

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Acute Respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by obstruction of that Larynx barking cough.

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What is diptheria?

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Acute infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract caused by corynebacterium.

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What is lung cancer?

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Cancerous tumors arising from a bronchus.

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What is pertussis?

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AKA (whooping cough); bacterial infection of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea caused by Bordetella pertussis a highly contagious bacteria.

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what is mesothelioma?

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A malignant tumor arising in the pleura.

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What is pneumonia?

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Acute inflammation and infection of alveoli; which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction.

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What is tuberculosis?

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An infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis; lungs are usually involved, but any organ in the body may be affected.

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What is the pneumothorax?

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Accumulation of air or gas in the plural cavity.

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The outer fold of pleura lying closest to the ribs:

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Parietal Pleura

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Collections of lymph tissue in the Nasopharynx.

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Adenoids

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The windpipe is known as:

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Trachea

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The lid-like piece of cartilage the covers the voice box:

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Epiglottis

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Branches of windpipe that lead to lungs:

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Bronchi

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The region of the lungs in the chest cavity:

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Mediastinum

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Air-containing cavities in the bones around the nose:

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Paranasal Sinuses

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Thin hairs attached to the mucous membrane lining the respiratory tract:

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Cilia

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The inner fold if pleura closest to lung tissue:

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Visual Pleura

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The throat is known as:

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Pharynx

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Air sacs of the lung

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Alveoli

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The voice box is called

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Larynx

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Smallest branches of bronchi are:

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Bronchioles

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Collections of lymph tissue in the pharynx:

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Palatine Tonsils

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The midline region of the lungs where the bronchi, blood vessels, and nerves enter and exit the lung

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Hilum

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The apical part of the lungs is the:

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Apex of the Lung

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The gases that passes into the bloodstream of the lungs:

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Oxygen CO2

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Breathing in the air is called

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Inspiration (inhalation)

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Divisions of the lung that perform it’s main function are:

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Pulmonary Parenchyma

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The exchange of gases in the lung is called:

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External Respiration

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The exchange of gases at the tissue cells:

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Internal Respiration

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Acute infectious disease of the throat caused by Corynebacterium:

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Diphtheria

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Acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants that’s marked by obstruction of the larynx and stridor:

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Coup

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Hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls:

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Emphysema

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Inflammation of tubes that lead from trachea; lasts for a long period of time:

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Chronic Bronchitis

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Spasm and narrowing of bronchi, leading to obstruction:

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Asthma

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Lungs or a portion of a lung is collapsed:

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Atelectasis

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Malignant neoplasm originating in a bronchus:

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Bronchogenic Carcinoma

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Whooping cough:

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Pertussis

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Inherited disease of exocrine glands that leads to airway obstruction:

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Cystic Fibrosis

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Asbestos particles accumulate in the lungs

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Asbestosis

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Inflammatory disease in which small nodules form in lungs and lymph nodes.

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Sarcoidosis

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