Science Respatory Test Flashcards

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Respiration

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Air getting from the lungs to be the cells

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Perfusion

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The oxygen getting from the cells to the rest of the body

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Altitude Sickness

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Illness Caused By A Shorting Of Oxygen Due To A High Altitude

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Septum

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A Wall Between Two Cavities

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Pharynx

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Throat Above The Larynx/Voice Box Passage For Air

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Larynx

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The Voice Box And/Or Vocal Chords Below The Pharynx Above The Trachea

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Trachea

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Windpipe Has Rings Of Cartilage To Keep It From Collapsing In On It’S Self Below The Larynx Above The Bronchi

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Bronchi

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Two Large Tubes In The Lungs That Lead From The Trachea To The Lungs Above The Bronchioles Below The Trachea

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Bronchioles

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The Main AirGays In Your Lungs That Branch Off Of The Bronchi’S Above The Pleura Bellow The Bronchi

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Alveoli

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Any Of The Many Tiny Air SacS In The LungS Where The Exchange Of Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide Takes Place ABove The Diaphragm Below The Lungs

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Diaphragm

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Long Flat Muscle The That Separates The Abdominal Cavity From The Thoracic Cavity

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Vital Capacity

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The Maximum Anount Of Air A Person Can Expel From The Lungs After A Maximum InhAlation It Is Equal To The Sum Of The Inspiratory Reserve Volume Tidal Volume The Expiratory Reserve Volume

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Residual Volume

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Amount Of Air Left In The Lungs After A Forced Exhalation This Volume Can Not Be Measured Only Calculated

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Tidal Volume

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The Difference Between Volumes After a Normal Inhalation And A NormAl Exhalation

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Epiglottis

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A Flap Of Cartilage At The Root Of The Lung Which Is Depressed During Swallowing To Cover The Opening Of The Windpipe

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Diaphragm

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The Muscle That Separates The Chest Thoracic Cavity From The Abdomen The Diaphragm Is The Main Muscle Of The Respiration Contraction Of The Diaphragm Muscle Expands The Lungs During Inspiration When One Is Breathing Air In

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Emphysema

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Gradually Damages The Air Sacs Alveoli In Your Lungs Making You Progressively More Short Of Breath Pink Puffer

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Chronic Bronchitis

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A Returning ainflammtaion Of The Bronchioles Tubes The AirWays That Carry Air To Your Lungs

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Lung Cancer

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Uncontrolled Growth Of Abnormal Cells That Start Off In One Or Both Lungs Usually In The Cells That Line The Air Passages

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Tracheotomy

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Incision In The Windpipe Trachea Made To Relieve An Obstruction

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Eupnea

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Or Easy Or Free Or Or Respiration Or The Or Or Type Or Observed Or In Or Or A Or Normal Or Or Person Or Under Or Resting Or Conditions Or

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Apnea

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A Potentially Dangerous Sleep Disorder In Which Breathing Repeatedly Stop And Starts Sleep Apnea

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Hyperventilation

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Fast Deep Breathing

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HypoVentilation

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Breathing At A Abnormally Slow Rate Resulting In San Increased Amout Of Carbon Dioxide In The Blood Slow Shallow Breathing

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Respiratory Arrest

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Breathing Stops

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Diffusion

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MoveMent Of MolEcUleS OR AtOmS FroM A ReGION OF HigH ConCenTraTIoN TO A ReGION OF LOW CONCeNTrATION

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Expiration

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Exhalation Of Breath

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Inhalation

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Drawing In Of Breath Inhalation

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Spirograp

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Device That Records The Volume Of Air In A PersoN’S LungS As In A Graph

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Spirometer

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An Instrument For Measuring The Air Capacity Of The Lungs

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Hypoxia

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Deficiency In The Amount Of Oxygen Reaching The Tissues

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Ventilation

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The inhalation of the air from the environment into the lungs