Respiratory System Flashcards

Respiratory System

1
Q

What body system allow a person to inhale/exhale to move O2 in the bloodstream and get rid of waste from the lungs

A

Respiratory System

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2
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Anything that has to do with lungs

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Pulmonary

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3
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What do you call a thin Tissue that covers the outside part of the lung

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Pleura

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4
Q

Name an organ that allows (air) to enter your body

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Nose

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5
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This area of the mouth that allows the air you breathe to become humid

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Nasal cavity

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6
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It’s job is to receive food, breathing, speaking

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Oral cavity

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7
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A fancy name for voice box

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Larynx

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8
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An open/close flap; Prevents food from coming entering in as you breathe

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Epiglottis

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9
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A fancy name for throat; cavity behind your mouth

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Pharynx

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10
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long tube leading food from mouth to stomach; food tube

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Esophagus

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11
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A fancy name for windpipe

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Trachea

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12
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Two tubes lead from trachea to the lungs

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Bronchi

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13
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Smallest airway tubes connecting bronchi to alveoli

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Bronchioles

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14
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Very small air sacs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place

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Alveoli

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15
Q

Which side of the lung has 3 lobes

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Right lung

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16
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Which side of the lung has 2 lobes

17
Q

A muscle that helps you inhale and exhale, located beneath your lungs and heart

18
Q

It’s a microscopic hairlike structure whose job is to trap dirt and germ

19
Q

A special type of mucus found and throat; keeps throat and nose from drying out, has antibodies that kill bacteria on the air.

20
Q

smallest blood vessel; a blood vessel where O2 and CO2 gas are exchanged

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Capillaries

21
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Blood vessel carrying blood away for the heart

22
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Blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart

23
Q

inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the bronchial tubes

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Bronchitis

24
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inflammation of the air sacs in the lungs caused by bacterial infection

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chronic disorder/inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes with spasm
Asthma
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chronic respiratory disorder caused by the destruction of lung tissue and air sacs are lost
Emphysema
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bacterial infection that affects lungs. contagious, spread through air
Tuberculosis
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intense fear leading to sweating, hyperventilation, racing heart, fear of death
Panic Attack
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hereditary disease that cause s mucus membrane to produce too much mucus
Cystic Fibrosis