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Respiratory System
Resp Sys Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Respiratory System | brings oxygen into the body through inhalation & expels carbon dioxide gas through exhalation. produces sound for speaking & helps cool the body |
| Respiratory muscles | especially the diaphragm expand the lungs automatically causing air to be inhaled into the upper resp tract. |
| Pleural cavity | surrounds the lungs & provides lubrication for respiration |
| Pharynx | directs food into the esophagus & air into the trechea |
| Larynx | contains the vocal cords |
| trachea | or windpipe connects the two bronchi (bronchial tubes) that enter the lungs |
| Alveoli | specialized tissue in the lungs that are responsible for the exchange of gases between the blood & inhaled air |
| aer | air |
| aero | gas |
| bronch | bronchus |
| capn | carbon dioxide CO2 |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| ox | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| pneum | lung, air |
| pulmon | lung |
| sinus | sinus |
| apnea | a - without pnea - breath temporary failure to breathe |
| laryngitis | laryng - larynx itis - inflammation of inflammation of the larynx |
| pectoralgia | pector - chest algia - pain chest pain |
| pneumonia | pneum - lung nia - condition of bacterial infection in the lungs |
| hypoxia | hypo - low ox - oxy genia - condition of abnormally low blood oxygen in the blood |