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Week Four: Breath Of Fresh Air Flashcards

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What is ventilation

A

Mechanical process of breathing

Bringing fresh air into the lungs

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What is respiration

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Exchange of gases between the atmosphere and body cells

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What are the structures in the upper respiratory tract

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Nose
Mouth
Pharynx
Epiglottis
Larynx
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What are the structures of the lower respiratory tract

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Trachea*
Bronchial tree
Lungs

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What are the fictions of the nose?

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Air enters and exits the body through the nose

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What are the functions of nasal turbinates?

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Warm, humidify, and filter air

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Combining forms for nose

A

Nas/o

Rhin/o

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What are the external openings of the nose?

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Nares

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What are the functions of sinuses?

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Generate and store mucus

Makes the bones of the skull lighter

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Combining forms for sinuses

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Sinus/o

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Where is the frontal sinus

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Between nasal cavity and orbit

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Where is the maxillary sinus

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Between nasal cavities

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12
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What are the four other sinuses

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Sphenoid
Palatine
Lacrimal
Conchal

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Where is the pharynx

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Area at the back of the nasal cavity and mouth (where they meet) that leads to the larynx

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Combining form for pharynx

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Pharyng/o

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What is the pharynx in laymans terms

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Throat

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What is the function of the soft palate

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During swallowing it moves dorsally and caudally to block the nasopharynx
Prevents food from entering nasal cavity

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Combining form for palate

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Palat/o

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What is the function of the epiglottis

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Covers the larynx during swallowing

Allows food to enter the esophagus

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Combining form for epiglottis

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Epiglott/o

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Where is the larynx

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Between pharynx and trachea

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Combining form for larynx

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Laryng/o

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What is larynx is laymans terms and what does it contain

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Voice box

Vocal cords

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What is the space between the vocal cords called

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Glottis

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Where is the trachea and what are it’s functions?

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Extends from neck to chest

Passes air from larynx to respiratory structures in thoracic cavity

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Combining form for trachea

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Trache/o

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26
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What is the trachea is laymans terms

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Windpipe

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27
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The trachea divides into two branches at the tracheal bifurcation to form what?

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Bronchi

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28
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Combining form for bronchi

A

Bronch/o

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Bronchi continue to get smaller on diameter until they become what

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Bronchioles

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30
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Do bronchioles contain cartilage

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No

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31
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Combining form for bronchioles

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Bronchiol/o

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32
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What does the suffix -ole mean

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Small

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33
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What are alveoli

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Clustered sacs at the end if bronchioles where gas exchange occurs

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Oxygen diffuses into the _____ and carbon dioxide diffuses into ______\

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Blood, alveoli

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Combining form for alveoli

36
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A _______ in alveoli helps to prevent collapsing of each alveolus during exhalation

A

Surfactant

37
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Word part for ribs

38
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Word part for chest

Combining form for chest

A

Thorac/o

-thorax

39
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What is the main organ of respiration

40
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Combining form for lobes

41
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Word parts for air or lung

A

Pneum/o
Pneumon/o
Pneu-

42
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Word parts for lung

A

Pulm/o

Pulmon/o

43
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What is the pleura

A

Membranous sac that encases the lung

44
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Combining form for pleura

45
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Where is the diaphragm

A

Separates the thoracic and peritoneal cavities

46
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Combining form for diaphragm

A

Diaphragmat/o

47
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Contraction of the diaphragm means what for the lungs?

A

Lungs expand

48
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Word part for breathing

49
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Word part for oxygen

A

Ox/o
Ox/i
Ox/y

50
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Word part for carbon dioxide

51
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What is apnea

A

Not breathing

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What is dyspnea

A

Difficulty breathing

53
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What is hypoxia

A

Decreased oxygen

54
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What is hypercapnia

A

High levels of carbon dioxide

55
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What is tachypnea

A

Fast breathing

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What is bubbling

A

Sound of popping bubbles that suggests fluid accumulation

57
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What is crepitation

A

Fine or coarse interrupted crackling noises coming from collapsed or fluid filled alveoli during inspiration

Also called rales or crackles

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What is rhonchi

A

High pitched whistling sounds heard during inspiration

Wheezes

59
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What is stridor

A

Snoring, squeaking, or whistling that suggests airway narrowing

When awak

60
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What are vestibular sounds

A

Sound resulting from air passing through small bronchi and alveoli

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What is tidal volume

A

Amount of air exchanged during normal respiration

62
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What is reserve volume

A

Extra volume you can breathe in or out more than you normally do

63
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What is residual volume

A

Air remaining in lungs after expiration

Amount of air trapped in alveoli

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What is dead space

A

Unusable air

65
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What is minimal volume

A

Amount of air left in alveoli after lung collapses

66
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What is vital capacity

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Largest amount of air that can be more in the lung

67
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What is bronchi alveolar lavage

A

Collection of his or mucus from the bronchi and or alveoli via an endoscope

68
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What is endotracheal intubation

A

Deliver oxygen

69
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What is thoracocentesis

A

Remove fluid/gas/pus to be able to breathe

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What is asphyxiation

A

Suffocation

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What is atelectasis (KNOW)

A

Collapse of alveoli

72
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What is a diaphragmatic hernia

A

Abnormal opening into diaphragm and organs are being pushed through

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What is epistaxis

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What is hemothorax

A

Blood in chest

75
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What is laryngospasm

A

Spasm of larynx

76
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What is pneumonia

A

Issue with lung and has congestion

77
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What is pneumonia

A

Accumulation of gas in thorax/lung

78
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What is pulmonary edema

A

Abnormal fluid in lungs

79
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Why is coughing

A

Sudden, noisy expulsion of air from the lungs

80
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What are paroxysmal coughing

A

Spasm like and sudden

Surprise cough

81
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Combining form for coughing

82
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What is bronchiconstrictors

A

Constrict lumen of bronchi

83
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What is bronchodilators

A

Dilate lumen of bronchi

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What is mucolytics

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Break up mucus

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What is antitussives

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To stop coughing

Med Term 2 (AC) (10 decks)

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