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53 Cards in this Set
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Nose |
Only externally visible part of the respiratory system nose |
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Nose |
Air enters the nose through the nare |
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Olfactory receptors |
Located in the mucosa ok superior surface |
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Olfactory |
Rest of the cavity is lined with respiratory thy moistened aid and traps foreign particles |
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Olfactory |
Rest of the cavity is lined with respiratory thy moistened aid and traps foreign particles |
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Conchae |
Increase surface area Increase air turbulence |
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Olfactory |
Rest of the cavity is lined with respiratory thy moistened aid and traps foreign particles |
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Conchae |
Increase surface area Increase air turbulence |
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Nasal cavity is |
Separated from oral cavity by the palate |
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Anterior hard palate |
Made of bone |
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Anterior hard palate |
Made of bone |
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Sinuses |
Frontal Sphenoid Ethmoid Maxillary |
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Anterior hard palate |
Made of bone |
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Sinuses |
Frontal Sphenoid Ethmoid Maxillary |
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Function of the sinuses |
Lighten the skill |
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Sinuses |
Chambers for speech |
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Sinuses |
Chambers for speech |
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Pharynx |
Muscular passage from nasal cavity to larynx |
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Sinuses |
Chambers for speech |
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Pharynx |
Muscular passage from nasal cavity to larynx |
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Oropharynx |
Middle region behind mouth |
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Sinuses |
Chambers for speech |
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Pharynx |
Muscular passage from nasal cavity to larynx |
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Oropharynx |
Middle region behind mouth |
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Voice box |
Routes air and food into proper channels |
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Sinuses |
Chambers for speech |
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Pharynx |
Muscular passage from nasal cavity to larynx |
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Oropharynx |
Middle region behind mouth |
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Voice box |
Routes air and food into proper channels |
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Larynx |
Made of 8 rigid hyaline cartilages and a spoon shaped flap of elastic cartilage |
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Pressure differences in the thoracic cavity |
Normal pressure within the pleural space is always bad |
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Pressure differences in the thoracic cavity |
Normal pressure within the pleural space is always bad |
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No respiratory gas movements |
Caused by reflexes or voluntary actions |
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Pressure differences in the thoracic cavity |
Normal pressure within the pleural space is always bad |
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No respiratory gas movements |
Caused by reflexes or voluntary actions |
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Non respiratory |
Cough sneeze cry yawn |
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Factors that affect respiratory |
Size age sex physical conditions |
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Residual volume |
Air remaining in lung after breathing |
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Residual volume |
Air remaining in lung after breathing |
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Vc |
Total amount of exchangeable air |
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Dead space volume |
Air that remains in conducting zone and never reaches alveoli |
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Residual volume |
Air remaining in lung after breathing |
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Vc |
Total amount of exchangeable air |
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Dead space volume |
Air that remains in conducting zone and never reaches alveoli |
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Sounds |
Measured by stethoscope |
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Residual volume |
Air remaining in lung after breathing |
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Vc |
Total amount of exchangeable air |
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Dead space volume |
Air that remains in conducting zone and never reaches alveoli |
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Sounds |
Measured by stethoscope |
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External respiration |
Oxygen loaded into the blood |
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Chemical factors |
02 levels |
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Chemical factors |
02 levels |
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Co2 |
Most important stimulus |