respiratory system

Question 1

functions of the respiratory system

Answer 1

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

Question 2

air distribution

Answer 2

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

Question 3

external respiration

Answer 3

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

Question 4

internal respiration

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

Question 5

air modification

Answer 5

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

Question 6

voice production

Answer 6

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

Question 7

re

Answer 7

again, back

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spir/o, spirat/o, hal/o

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breathing

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home/o

Answer 9

similar

Question 10

ox/o

Answer 10

oxygen, O2

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capn/o

Answer 11

CO2, carbon dioxide

Question 12

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

Answer 24

breath or respiration

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pneum/o

Answer 25

air, sometimes lungs

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pneumon/o

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lung

Question 27

muc/o

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mucus

Question 28

mediastin/o

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

Question 29

upper respiratory system anatomy

Answer 29

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

Question 30

nostrils

Answer 30

first respiratory system structure through which air passes

Question 31

nasal passages

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begin at the nostrils,

Question 32

sinuses

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

Question 33

pharnx

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throat,

Question 34

larynx

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voice box,

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trachea

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windpipe and the end of upper respiratory tract

Question 36

agonal breathing

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

Question 37

asthma

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chronic disease that often causes bronchoconstriction, making breathing difficult

Question 38

cilia

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small, hair like structures of the epithelium that beat rhythmically

Question 39

cough

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

Question 40

diaphragm

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

Question 41

emphysema

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

Question 42

friable

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crumbly

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furcation

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divided branched

Question 44

hiccups

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

Question 45

paranasal sinus

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hollow cavity in the skull connected to the nasal passages

Question 46

sign

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

Question 47

sinus

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cavity, recess, or passage in any organ or tissue

Question 48

sneeze

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

Question 49

turbinate

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scroll shaped bone on the wall of a nasal passage

Question 50

ventilator

Answer 50

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

Question 51

yawn

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slow deep breath taken through the wide open mouth

Question 52

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

Question 59

expiration

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the process of pushing air out of the lungs

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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

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bovine respiratory disease complex

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shipping fever pneumonia, i

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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

Question 66

upper respiratory infection

Answer 66

head cold

Question 67

lower respiratory infection

Answer 67

chest cold