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How many lobes does the left lung have?

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2

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How many lobes does the right lung have?

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3

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What’s the main organ of the respiratory system?

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Lungs

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What’s pleura

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Moist outside of the lungs

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Parietal pleura

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Sound of lungs

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Visceral pleura

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Inner layer

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Pleura provides

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Moisture for movement

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Pleura cavity

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Space between the 2 pleura

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Lungs do what?

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Provide the body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

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External respiration

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Breathing, exchange of air between body and outside

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Internal respiration

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Brining oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide

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Inspiration

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Also known as inhalation, brings air into the mouth or nose

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Air passes threw the…

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Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses

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Air is warmed by…

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Blood in the mucous membranes

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14
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Cilia do what

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Filter out foreign bodies

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15
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Trachea

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Windpipe

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16
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What connects the larynx to the right and left bronchi?

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The treachea

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Bronchi

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Passage ways through which air enters the right and left lungs

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Bronchioles

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Smaller passage ways

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19
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During expiration…

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Air is pushed out and into the env?

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20
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Alveoli

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At the end of each bronchiole tube

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21
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Alveoli connect

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To the capillaries (small blood vessels)

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22
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Where does oxygen exchange take place?

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The capillaries

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23
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What is sent from the capillaries into the what

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Carbon dioxide; alveoli

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24
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Oxygen is delivered where

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To the body’s cells

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25
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Carbon dioxide is then…

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Expelled

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26
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Muscle contractions

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Enlarge the volume during inspiration and decreases volume during expiration

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Major muscles

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Diaphragm and intercostals muscles

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28
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The diaphragm lowers when it…

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Contracts

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29
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What allows more space in the thorastic cavity?

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The contraction of the diaphragm

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30
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Intercostals pulls…

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The ribs upward and outward

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31
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Pharynx

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throat

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32
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What’s the 3 parts of the pharynx (throat)

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  1. ) nasopharynx
  2. ) oropharynx
  3. ) laryngopharynx
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Nasopharynx

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Lies above the soft palate, it contains the pharyngeal tonsils

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Oropharynx

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Back portion of the mouth, contains the palatine tonsils

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Laryngopharynx

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Bottom section

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Esophagus

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Passageway for food

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Epiglottis

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Flap that covers the larynx

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Aspiration

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Food goes into the larynx, helps you not choke

39
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Larynx

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Voice box

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The place where air passes to the trachea

41
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Air goes into the

42
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Voice box is where

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The sound of speech and singing are produced

43
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What determines the pitch of sound

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The size and thickness of the cords

44
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Males voice box

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Are thicker and longer vocal cords

45
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Thyroid cartilage

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Or Adam’s apple supports the larynx

46
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Asthma

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Obstruction of the airways

47
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Bronchitis

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Inflammation of the bronchi

48
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Term for any disease that causes chronic obstruction of the bronchial tubes and lungs

49
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Epistaxis

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(Nose bleed) rupture of a blood vessel

50
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Anthracosis

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Black lung, caused by coal dust in the lungs

51
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Emphysema

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Elderly smokers, build up of carbon dioxide

52
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Lung cancer

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Exposure to carcinogens

53
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Pneumonia

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Inflammation and infection in lungs

54
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Pleurisy

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Inflammation of the pleura

55
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Hemoptysis

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Chronic lung disease, tuberculosis, lung cancer, trama

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Tuberculosis

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Infectious disease by bacteria

57
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Upper respiratory infection

58
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1 inhalation + 1 exhalation

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1 respiration (complete breath)

59
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Observe the clients

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Chest movements for 1 minute

60
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In adults and older children observe…

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Chest movements

61
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Children under 7 use…

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Abdominal movement

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Rate

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Number of breaths per minute

63
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Normal adult rate

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12-20 breaths per minute

64
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Respiratory rates

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Decreases as a person increases I’m size

65
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Hypoventilation

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Decrease in rate

Caused by meds and lack of oxygen

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Pattern

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Should be regular

67
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Quality

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Seen in volume and effort

68
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Volume

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Amount of air taken in

69
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Effort

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Amount of work

70
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Crackles or rales

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Cause by fluid in the small airways

71
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Wheezing

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Sounds that are heard continuously during inspiration and expiration

72
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Stridor

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Refers to high pitched harsh sound heard during inspiration

73
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Stridor is caused by

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Obstruction of the upper air ways

74
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Pleural run sounds

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Low pitched grating or creaking sounds that occur when inflamed pleural surfaces run together during respiration

75
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What regulates breathing unconsciously

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The brain stem

76
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Bronchial tree leads to the…

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Terminal branchial

77
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How many alveolis are there

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Over 300,000

78
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What are 3 jobs of the conducting zones

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Transports
Purifies
Humidifies

79
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What’s the 5 parts of the conducting zone?

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Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and epiglottis

80
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MEMORIZE THE PICTURE

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IT CONTAINS

THE NASAL CAVITIES
THE PHARYNX
THE LARYNX
THE TRACHEA
THE BRONCHI
THE LUNGS
THE BRONCHIOLES
THE AVIOLI
THE DIAPHRAGM

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