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Respiratory-Human Body Health and Illness

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show tiny grapelike sack in the lungs; the site of gas exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide) between the air and the blood  
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Bronchus   show
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show small airway tubes in the respiratory tract; composed largely of smooth muscle  
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show the measure of elastic recoil  
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show cartilage that guards the opening into the larynx; directs food and water into the esophagus  
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Exhalation   show
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Glottis   show
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show process of moving air into the lungs; the breathing in phase of ventilation, aka inspiration  
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show structure that contains the vocal cords; voice box  
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show pressure exerted by one gas in a gas mixture  
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Pleura   show
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Surfactants   show
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show amount of air inhaled and exhaled during one ventilator cycle  
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show large airway located between the larynx and bronchus; windpipe  
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Ventilation   show
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Vital capacity   show
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show trachea  
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show pharynx  
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show larynx  
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The epiglottis directs food and water from the respiratory passages into this structure   show
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Called the throat   show
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Called the voice box because it contains the vocal cords   show
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show carina  
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Located between the larynx and the bronchi and in front of the esophagus   show
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show pharynx  
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show trachea  
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show bronchioles  
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show alveoli  
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show lungs  
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Because of smooth muscle, this structure can contract and relax, thereby causing constriction and dilation   show
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show nasal cavities  
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Mucus drains into the nasal cavities from these structures located in the head   show
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The trachea splits into the right and left   show
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show bronchioles  
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Structures partially encircled by the pulmonary capillaries   show
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Called the resistance vessels   show
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show alveoli  
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Separated by the nasal septum   show
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show glottis  
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show lungs  
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Structure that delivers air to the bronchi   show
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show alveoli  
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show bronchiole  
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show alveoli  
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show top of the lung  
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Trachea branches into these large structures   show
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Base of the lung   show
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show alveoli  
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show trachea  
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show primary bronchi  
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show visceral pleura  
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Space between the visceral and parietal pleural membranes; aka a potential space   show
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Muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity   show
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Areas between the two lungs; contains other thoracic structures such as the heart, large blood vessels, and the trachea   show
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show diaphragm  
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show intrapleural space  
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show thoracic cavity  
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show intercostals  
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A pneumothorax occurs when air enters this area   show
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show acetylcholine (Ach)  
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show vital capacity  
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show residual volume  
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show spirometer  
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The amount of air moved into or out of the lungs with each breath; the average is 500 mL   show
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The amount of air you can inhale after a normal inhalation; about 3000 mL   show
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A pulmonary capacity that is the maximal amount of air exhaled following maximal inhalation   show
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show expiratory reserve volume  
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show residual volume  
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show dead air space  
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The following are instructions for its use, “take the deepest breath possible. Exhale all the air you possibly can into this tube”   show
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show are grapelike sacs located very close to the pulmonary capillaries, primarily concerned with gas exchange, located in the lungs  
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Bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli   show
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The epiglottis   show
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The amount of air maximally exhaled following maximal inhalation   show
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show composed of tough cartilaginous rings  
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In the absence of surfactants   show
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The effect of contractions of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles   show
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The phrenic nerve   show
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show diffusion  
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The stab wound to the chest can cause the lung to collapse because   show
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show when volume increases, pressure decreases  
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Most oxygen is transported in the blood via   show
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Most carbon dioxide (70%) is transported in the blood via   show
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The medullary respiratory control center   show
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What in the blood will increase the rate of breathing   show
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show 33%  
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show there are fewer alveoli available for gas exchange  
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show infection  
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What does the body do in an attempt to clear the respiratory passages   show
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show pharynx, larynx, trachea  
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What are the terms that describe the breathing in and out phases of ventilation (4)   show
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show oxygen and carbon dioxide  
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show parietal pleura and visceral pleura  
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Maximal exhalation following maximal inhalation   show
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What is the grapelike respiratory structure concerned with the exchange of O2 and CO2   show
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What is it when the volume increases and pressure decreases   show
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show the diaphragm and the phrenic nerve  
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show tidal volume  
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show cyanosis  
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What is the only structure that functions in the exchange of the respiratory gases between the outside are air and the blood   show
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What is the passage of air   show
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What is the pulmonary capillary membrane   show
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What contains the structures of the lower respiratory tract   show
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show the lungs collapse  
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show elastic recoil and alveolar surface tension  
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show a negative intrapleural pressure within the intrapleural space  
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If the negative intrapleural pressure is eliminated what happens   show
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show ventilation, exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs and cells, and transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide by the blood  
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What causes changes in intrapulmonic pressure   show
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show the respiratory muscles contract and enlarge the thoracic cage  
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show the respiratory muscles relax, allowing the thorax to return to its smaller, resting thoracic volume  
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The muscles of respiration contract in response to   show
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show in the lungs and in the cells  
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show the pulmonary capillaries  
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show the pulmonary capillaries into the alveoli  
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show the capillaries into the cells  
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Carbon dioxide diffuses from   show
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show oxygen and carbon dioxide  
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Hemoglobin carries most of the oxygen as   show
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show a bicarbonate ion (HCO3)  
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Normal breathing is   show
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show nervous and chemical mechanisms  
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Where are the inspiratory and expiratory neurons located   show
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What can modify breathing patterns   show
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Chemicals in the blood   show
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The central chemoreceptors in the brain are sensitive to   show
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show low blood levels of oxygen and an increase in the hydrogen ion concentration  
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show pCO2  
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show decreases  
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What happens with many of the protective mechanisms of the respiratory system as we age   show
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