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What is an acute respiratory disease?

short term illness or disease

What are the numerous small airways that fill our lungs?

Bronchioles

What helps keep the trachea open

Rings of cartilage

What gas do we inhale and what gas do we exhale

inhale oxygen exhale carbon dixoide

What type of blood vessel surrounds the alveoli

Capillaries

What is the middle section of the pharynx

Oropharynx

What is number 7 on the diagram?

Pharynx

What pathogen causes the illness influenza

a virus

URI

Upper respiratory infection

How does the respiratory system related to the digestive system?

both systems share the pharynx and the mouth

Coughing up blood or blood in the sputum

hemoptysis

What does a pulse oximeter measure?

Percent of oxygen in our cells/tissues

Epiglottis

flap of elastic cartilage attached to the larynx that closes when food passes by

What is dyspnea?

Difficulty breathing

What is the. main function of the respiratory system?

The main function of the respiratory system is the exchange of gasses - oxygen enters the body and carbon dioxide is removed.

Trachea

a hollow tube (wind pipe) that connects the larynx to the right and left bronchus

What are numbers 5 & 9 on the diagram?

Bronchus

Which lung is smaller and why

left lung because the heart takes up some area

Alveoli

the air sacks at the end of the bronchioles where the gas exchange takes place

What is the medical term for the windpipe

Trachea

What cranial nerve is responsible for identifying smells

olfactory nerve

What are the functions of the nasal cavities

warm, moisten and filter the air

What does the word ventilation mean

breathing

Larynx

hollow muscular organ which holds the vocal cords (voice box) which produce sound

Bronchioles

the smallest air passageways coming off of the bronchi

What are 3 safety measures to use with oxygen use?

No smoking, no electrical devices, no wool blankets, keep tubing neat

What is a Chronic Respiratory Disease?

long term or constant disease or disorder

Bronchus

the 2 major air passages leading from the trachea to the lungs

What is the main organ of the respiratory system?

the lungs

What is number 11 on the diagram?

Alveoli

What is the name of the muscles between the ribs that help us breathe

intercostals

What is number 1 on the diagram?

Nose or nasal cavity

What is the medical word for blue discoloration of the skin due to a lack of oxygen

cyanosis

What is the normal adult respiratory rate

12-20 per minute

How is the respiratory system related to the muscular system?

the muscular system uses oxygen which is brought into the body through the respiratory system; the diaphragm (a muscle) helps to bring air into and out of the l

What is the dome shape muscle located under the lungs

diaphragm

Lungs

the organ that carries out the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Cilia

tiny hair-like structures that line your respiratory pathways & filter the air we breathe

What is number 8 on the diagram?

Trachea

What is surfactant?

Fatty substance that keeps the alveoli plump

What type of sleep apnea is more common

Obstructive sleep apnea

What is coryza more commonly known as?

a cold

How is the respiratory systems related to the circulatory system?

the blood from the circulatory system has to pass through the lungs where carbon dioxide is released from the blood and oxygen is picked up into the blood

Pharynx

the passage that leads from the cavities of the nose and mouth to the larynx

Treating all body fluids as if they were infected with a blood borne pathogen

Standard precautions

Diaphragm

a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that pulls and pushes against the lungs as we inhale and exhale

What is the diaphragm? (2 part answer)

1. A muscle that separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity & 2. Pushes and pulls against the lungs as we breathe