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Respitory System Flashcards

1
Q

What is the movement of air through the lungs called

A

Ventilation

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2
Q

What is the gas to alveoli exchange called

A

External respiration

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3
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What is the blood to cell exchange called

A

Internal respiration

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4
Q

What is a protective part of the respiratory system

A

Mucus

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5
Q

Another function of respiratory system

A

Voice production

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6
Q

What decides the nasal cavity

A

Nasal septum

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7
Q

Upper or lower respiratory tract
Nasal passage

A

Upper

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8
Q

Upper or lower respiratory tract
Bronchial tube

A

Lower

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9
Q

Upper or lower respiratory tract
Pharanx

A

Upper

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10
Q

What is the deciding line of the throat

A

Larynx

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11
Q

Why is nose breathing better

A

WARMS AIR
Mucus

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12
Q

What also opens to the nasal cavity

A

The sinus

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13
Q

Why when crying do we sniff

A

Tears go into nose

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14
Q

What is between the eye and brings tears to nose

A

Nasocrimal duct

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15
Q

Where and what does the olfactory receptor do

A

Roof of nose and it gives sense of smell

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16
Q

What causes nose air to swirl

A

Choncha

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17
Q

What part of the respiratory system is shared with the digestive system

A

Pharanx

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18
Q

What is the gland on the larynx

A

Thyroid

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19
Q

What cover the trachea when swallowing

A

Epiglottis

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20
Q

What produces sound

A

Vocal cords

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21
Q

Where are the vocal cords

A

Larynx

22
Q

The trachea is held open by cartilage what side of the trachea does not have cartilage

A

Back side

23
Q

What part of lungs do gas exchange

A

Alveoli

24
Q

What volume goes up when your older

A

Dead space

25
Q

What’s the air passage way with the largest diameter

A

Trachea

26
Q

What causes bronchi tubes to be skinny

A

Smooth muscle

27
Q

What do cilliated cells do

A

Mucus elevator

28
Q

Which lung has 3 lobes

A

Right

29
Q

What is the definition of the level of exercise that you can do without blood ph changing

A

Anaerobic threshold

30
Q

What are the muscles that help inhale

A

Diaphragm and external intercostalis

31
Q

When breathing normal what causes a exhale

A

Recoil of elastic fibers

32
Q

What muscles are active when forcefully exhaling

A

Internal intercostalis

33
Q

What are the names of the 2 membranes on the lungs

A

Visceral and perietal pleura

34
Q

What’s the number one regulator of breathing rate

A

Carbon dioxide

35
Q

How many blood supply circuits do the lungs have

A

Two

36
Q

What is the chemical that stops the alveoli from shutting

A

Surfactant

37
Q

What are the two causes that make us take air into our lungs

A

Vacuum and atmospheric pressure

38
Q

What are the three ways to move carbon dioxide in the body

A

Carbonic acid
Hemoglobin
Floating

39
Q

What can you do to increase vital capacity

A

Exercise/training

40
Q

When you normally exhale what is the extra air in your lungs called

A

Residual volume

41
Q

What’s normal breathing called

A

Tidal volume

42
Q

What is the extra air you can forcefully breathe out called

A

Expiratory reserve

43
Q

What cases the whole carbon dioxide movement and breathing to occur

A

Diffusion

44
Q

True/false
Will an increase of fluid. Increase the rate of gas exchange

A

False

45
Q

True/false
The increase of thickness of lungs will increase gas exchange

A

False

46
Q

True/false
With the increase of surface area increase the rate of gas exchange

A

True

47
Q

True/false the temperature of the gas will effect the rate of gas exchange

A

False

48
Q

How does carbon monoxide travel

A

Hemoglobin

49
Q

Why is carbon monoxide poisonous

A

It doesn’t let go

50
Q

What is the disease that decreases the surface area of alveoli

A

Emphysema

51
Q

What is the main way of oxygen transport

A

Hemoglobin

Ap Med Sem2 (2 decks)

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