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Chapter 11
Respiratory system
What is the respiratory system responsible for?   show
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In external respiration   show
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show the capillaries of the lungs (alveoli) into the pulmonary blood stream,  
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show from the blood through the same capillaries into the lungs is exhaled(as you breathe out)  
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what are the organs of the respiratory system responsible for?   show
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show through the nose and mouth  
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Nostrils or Nares   show
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What are the nose and sinuses lined with?   show
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Pharynx   show
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3 sections of the Pharynx   show
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nasopharynx   show
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oropharynx   show
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show (hypopharynx) lower portion behind the larynx  
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show AKA: voice box  
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what does the larynx connect?   show
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what is the larynx supported by?   show
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show 2 cone-shaped, spongy organs (consisting of alveoli, blood vessels, elastic tissue and nerves)  
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show smaller divisions of the lungs; left lung has 2 lobes and right has 3 lobes  
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pleura   show
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parietal pleura   show
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show inner lining of the pleura which covers the lung INTERNAL PLEURA  
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show small space between these membranes  
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diaphragm   show
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show process of breathing begins with these nerves; stimulates the diaphragm to contract and to relax; The motor nerves to the diaphragm.  
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inspiration   show
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show creates a decrease in the pressure within the thorax and draws air into the lungs  
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exhalation   show
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adenoids   show
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alveoli   show
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bronchi   show
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show smaller subdivisions of the bronchi tubes  
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show covers the entrance of the larynx when the individual swallows  
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larynx   show
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nares   show
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show part of the pharynx located above the soft palate( post nasal space)  
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show central portion of the pharynx lying between the soft palate and upper portion of the epiglottis  
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show lympatic tissue located in the depression of the mucous membrane of fauces(the constricted opening leading from the mouth and the oral pharynx)  
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show portion of the pleura that is closest to the ribs it is the external pleura  
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pharynx   show
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pleura   show
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pleura space   show
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show the windpipe that connects the oral cavity to the lungs; from the larynx to the bronchial tubes  
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visceral pleura   show
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apnea   show
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bradypnea   show
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show air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing, sometimes accompanied by pain. SOB  
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epistaxis   show
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hypoxemia   show
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show deficiency of oxygen  
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show is a thin, watery discharge from the nose; RUNNY NOSE  
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show to expel air forcibly through the nose and mouth  
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tachypnea   show
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show whistling sound or sighing sound, OCCURS IN ASTHMA, CROUP, HAY FEVER, MITRAL STENOSIS, AND PLEURAL EFFUSION  
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show a childhood disease characterized by a barking cough, suffocative and difficult breathing, stridor and laryngeal spasm ASSOCIATED W/ SCARLETT FEVER AND SCABIES  
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show inflammation of the larynx swallowing  
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show an acute upper respiratory infectious disease, caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis; WHOOPING COUGH  
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show inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose  
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sinusitis   show
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show inflammation of the palatine tonsils; located in the area of the oropharynx  
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show dyspnea caused by aspasm of the bronchial tubes  
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3 types of asthma   show
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show a malignant lung tumor that originates in the bronchi; lung cancer  
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show chronic pulmonary disease; major cause is cigarette smoking; emphysema is a chronic obstruction of the inflow and outflow of air to the lungs  
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show accumulation of fluid in the pleural space  
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show inflammation of both the visceral and parietal pleura  
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pneumonia   show
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show a collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity. thoracentesis will remove excess fluid or gas from the cavity  
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pulmonary embolism   show
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show completely unexpected and unexplained death of an apparently well or virtually well infant.  
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tuberculosis   show
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show tests to assess respiratory function  
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thoracentesis   show
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ABGs   show
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show anterposterior; meaning " from the front to the back"  
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show chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease (associated w/ chronic bronchitis and emphysema)  
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CXR   show
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show diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus  
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LLL   show
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show left upper lobe  
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show right lower lobe  
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show right upper lobe  
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RML   show
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show posteranterior; meaning back to front  
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show pneumocystis carinii pneumonia  
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PFT(s)   show
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show sudden infant death syndrome  
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show shortness of breath  
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show tuberculosis  
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URI   show
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aden/o   show
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-oid   show
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show bronchus; airway  
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-i   show
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bronchi/o   show
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show small or little  
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laryng/o   show
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nas/o   show
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show pharynx  
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show mouth  
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pleur/o   show
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show noun ending  
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show pertaining to  
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trache/o   show
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show internal organs  
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show straight  
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show breathing  
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pneum/o   show
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show lungs  
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show nose  
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show sinus  
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show chest  
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show trachea  
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show without  
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brady   show
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dys   show
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show under, below, beneath, less than normal  
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ox/o   show
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show blood condition  
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-ia   show
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show nose  
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-rrhea   show
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tachy   show
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show tonsils  
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-genic   show
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show cancer  
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-oma   show
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-thorax   show
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show pertaining to  
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show to throw  
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-ism   show
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pulmon/o   show
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thor/a   show
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-centesis   show
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how does it all connect?   show
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Pertussis   show
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bronchitis   show
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show baby that is 30 days old or less  
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infant   show
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