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respiratory system Flashcards

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functions of the respiratory system

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gas exchange, air distribution, air modification, body temperature regulation, acid-base balance, voice production, olfaction

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air distribution

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airways in the lungs are responsible for distributing inhaled air to the small air sacs where gas exchange takes place

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external respiration

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oxygenated blood will carry the O2 throughout the body, carbon dioxide in blood returning to the lungs is diffused back to the air

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internal respiration

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at the cellular level in the body, the O2 is exchanged for the waste carbon dioxide

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air modification

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passing through the respiratory tract, the inhaled air is filtered, warmed, and humidified

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voice production

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vocal cords are two fibrous connective tissue bands attached to cartilage in the larynx

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re

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again, back

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spir/o, spirat/o, hal/o

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breathing

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home/o

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similar

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ox/o

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oxygen, O2

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capn/o

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CO2, carbon dioxide

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olfact/o

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smell

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aer/o

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air, gas

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dynam/o

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force, energy

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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glott/o

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glottis

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vestibul/o

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entrance, cavity

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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bronch/o

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bronchus

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alveol/o

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alveolus

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pne/o

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breath or respiration

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pneum/o

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air, sometimes lungs

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pneumon/o

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lung

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muc/o

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mucus

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mediastin/o

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space between the two lungs that contains all the thoracic viscera except the lungs

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upper respiratory system anatomy

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nostrils, nasal passages, sinuses, pharynx, larynx, trachea

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nostrils

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first respiratory system structure through which air passes

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nasal passages

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begin at the nostrils,

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sinuses

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pouches of the nasal passages that fit into spaces inside the skull

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pharnx

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throat,

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larynx

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voice box,

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trachea

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windpipe and the end of upper respiratory tract

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agonal breathing

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pertains to the last breaths taken near death, breathing is gasping and labored

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asthma

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chronic disease that often causes bronchoconstriction, making breathing difficult

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cilia

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small, hair like structures of the epithelium that beat rhythmically

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cough

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reflex stimulated by irritation or foreign matter in the trachea or bronchi

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diaphragm

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thin, dome shaped sheet of muscle that separates the thorax and the abdomen

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emphysema

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overexpansion of alveolar walls causing the walls to break down and block other airways

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friable

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crumbly

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furcation

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divided branched

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hiccups

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spasms of the diaphragm, accompanied by sudden closing of the glottis

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paranasal sinus

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hollow cavity in the skull connected to the nasal passages

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sign

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deep breath through the nose that usually is taken in response to slightly low blood oxygen levels

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sinus

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cavity, recess, or passage in any organ or tissue

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sneeze

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similar to a cough but the irritation is in the nasal passages

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turbinate

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scroll shaped bone on the wall of a nasal passage

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ventilator

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breathing in and out or a machine that artificially moves air into and out of the lungs

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yawn

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slow deep breath taken through the wide open mouth

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lower respiratory system anatomy

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bronchi, bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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iatr/o

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physician, medicine

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tuss/o

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cough

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-staxis

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bleeding, escape of blood from the vessels,

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-extasis

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expansion, dilation, distention

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inspiration

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the process of drawing air into the lungs

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expiration

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the process of pushing air out of the lungs

60
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laryngeal hemiplegia

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roaring high pitch wheezing sound, caused by damage to the nerve supply to one of the cartilages of the larynx

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aspiration pnumonia

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inflammatory reaction resulting from inhaled foreign material

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recurrent airway obstruction

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heaves, formally COPD, allergic obstructive inflammatory disease similar to human asthma

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pneumonia

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infection of the lungs accompanied by inflammation

64
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bovine respiratory disease complex

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shipping fever pneumonia, i

65
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infectious canine tracheobronchitis

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kennel cough, highly contagious bacterial respiratory disease of dogs causes inflammation of the trachea and bronchi

66
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upper respiratory infection

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head cold

67
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lower respiratory infection

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chest cold

Vtec 1020 (16 decks)

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