Chapter 18 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Microscopic air sacs that are the primary unit of gas exchange in the lungs is called what? | Alveolus or Alveoli |
The primary muscle of breathing that seperates the chest and the abdominal cavities is called? | Diaphragm |
What is the law of diffusion? | Basis of gas mechanics |
What is diffusion? | When molecules move across a membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
Lungs exchange oxygen and carbond dioxide via __________? | Diffusion |
Carbon-Dioxide rich blood circulates from the right side of the_____ to the lungs. | HEART |
What is ORTHOPENA? | Ability to breath only in the standing or upright sittting position |
What is hemothorax? | accumilation of blood and fluids in the plueral cavity that limit the expansion of the lungs |
What is EMPHYSEMA? | Disease of chronic airways obstruction in which air is trapped (smoking or heredity) |
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