RESPIRATORY Flashcards
Gas exchange between person and environment
Respiration
3 Process of Respiration
Ventilation
Diffusion
Perfusion
Movement of gas in and out of lungs
Ventilation
A voluntary phase
Inspiration/Inhalation
An involuntary phase
Exhalation/Expiration
Exchange of gases from higher pressure to lower pressure
Diffusion
Movement of blood for transport of gases, nutrients and metabolis waste
Perfusion
Upper Respiratory
Nasal Cavity
Pharynx
Larynx
Lower Respiratory
Trachea
Right & Left Mainstem Bronchi
Segmental Bronchi
Terminal Bronchi
Respiratory Unit
Subsegmental Bronchi
Function of Upper Airways
Transportation of gases to lower airways
Protection of lower airway from foreign matter
Warming, filtration and humidification of inspired air
Function of Lower Airways
Clearance Mechanism
Immunologic Responses
Pulmonary Protection in injury
Opening of nose
Nostril or Nares
Lined with mucous membrane helping un phonation
Paranasal sinuses
4 Sinuses
Frontal
Maxillary
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Funnel shaped extending from nose to larynx
Phaynx