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The respiratory system

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What is ventilation?

: The process of getting air into the lungs and back out

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What is a Pneumothorax? What can cause it?

: Air in the plural cavity that leads to a collapsed lung. A wound causing an opening to the outside(stab), or a wound in the lung.

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What is compliance?

the ease with which the lungs inflate

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What is the Plural cavity?

the space between the visceral pleura on the lungs and the parietal pleura on the inner chest wall.

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What is surfactant?

a molecule with a hydrophilic end and a hydrophobic end. compounds that lower the surface tension

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What does it mean to aspirate something?

breathe (something) in; inhale. To take in by suction.

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What is External respiration?

The process of O2 and CO2 exchange between the alveoli and the blood

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What is the lower respiratory tract? identify them.

the part of the respiratory system containing the (g)larynx, (h)trachea, (i)bronchi, and lungs

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What is Internal respiration?

the process of O2 and CO2 exchange between the cells and the blood

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What is Tidal volume ?

volume inspired during normal breathing

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What is functional residual capacity?

air left in the lungs after normal expiration

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What is total lung capacity?

max volume of air lungs can contain

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What is residual volume?

air left after forceful expiration

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What is the upper respiratory tract?

contains the (e)nasal cavity, (d)uvula and (f)Pharynx (para nasal sinuses)

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What happens during normal expiration?

the principal inspiration muscles relax.

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What are the Muscles of Principle inspiration?

diaphragm, external intercostals

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