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71 Cards in this Set
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SPIROMETRY
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MAKING PULMONARY MEASUREMENTS WITH A SPIROMETER
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GENERAL GAS LAW
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THE PRESSURE OF A GAS IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF GRAM MOLES OF THE GAS TIMES THE GAS CONSTANT TIMES THE ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE DIVIDED BY THE VOLUME OF THE GAS, ASSUMING A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE, THE PRESSURE OF A GIVEN AMOUNT OF GAS IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO ITS VOLUME. THIS RELATIONSHIP ALSO IS CALLED BOYLES LAW
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ANATOMIC DEAD AIR SPACE
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VOLUME OF THE CONDUCTING AIRWAYS FROM THE EXTERNAL ENVIROMENT DOWN TO THE TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES
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RESIDUAL VOLUME
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VOLUME OF AIR REMAINING IN THE LUNGS AFTER A MAXIUM EXPIRATORY EFFORT
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CHEMOSENSITIVE AREA
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CHEMOSENSITIVE NEURONS IN THE MEDULLA OBLOGATA DETECT CHANGES IN BLOOD, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND PH
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RESPIRATORY BROCHIOLE
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SMALLEST BROCHIOLE( 0.5MM IN DIAMETER) THAT CONNECTS THE TERMINAL BROCHIOLE TO THE ALVEOLAR DUCT
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TERTIARY BROCHUS
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EXTENDS FROM THE SECONDARY BRONCHOUS AND CONDUCTS AIR TO EACH LOBULE OF THE LUNGS
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DALTON'S LAW
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IN MIXTURE OF GASES THE PORTION OF THE TOTAL PRESSURE RESULTING FROM EACH TYPE OF GAS IS DETERMINED BY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL VOLUME REPRESENTED BY EACH GAS TYPE
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CUNEIFORM CARTILAGE
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SMALL ROD OF ELASTIC CARTILAGE ABOVE EACH CORNICULATE CARTILAGE IN THE LARYNX
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VAPOR PRESSURE
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PARTIAL PRESSURE EXERTED BY WATER VAPOR
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PHYSIOLOGIC SHUNT
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DEOXYGENATED BLOOD FROM THE ALVELOI PLUS DEOXYGENATED BLOOD FROM THE BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLES
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NASOPHARYNX
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PART OF THE PHARNYX THAT LIES ABOVE THE SOFT PALATE; ANTERIORLY IT OPENS INTO THE NASAL CAVITY
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TRACHEA
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AIR TUBE EXTENDING FROM THE LARYNX INTO THE THORAX WHERE IT DIVIDES TO FORM THE BRONCHI; COMPOSED OF 16-20 RINGS OF HYALINE CARTILAGE
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CHLORIDE SHIFT
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DIFFUSION OF CHLORIDE IONS INTO RED BLOOD CELLS AS BICARBONATE IONS DIFFUSE OUT; MAINTAINS ELECTRICAL NEUTRALITY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE RBC'S
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LOBE
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ROUNDED PROJECTING PART, SUCH AS LOBE OF A LUNG, LIVER, OR A GLAND
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GLOTTIS
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VOCAL APPARATUS; INCLUDES VOCAL FOLDS AND THE CLEFT BETWEEN THEM
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EPIGLOTTIS
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PLATE OF ELASTIC CARTILAGE COVERED WITH MOCOUS MEMBRANE, SERVES AS A VALVE OVER THE GLOTTIS OF THE LARYNX DURING SWALLOWING
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NOSE, OR NASUS
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VISIBLE STRUTURE THAT FORMS A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE FACE, CAN ALSO BE REFEERED TO AS THE NASAL CAVITIES
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VISCERAL PLEURA
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SEROUS MEMBRANE INVESTING THE LUNGS AND DIPPING INTO THE FISSURES BETWEEN THE SEVERAL LOBES.
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VITAL CAPAITY
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GREATEST VOLUME OF AIR THAT CAN BE EXHALED FROM THE LUNGS AFTER MAXIUM INSPIRATION
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CRICOTHROTOMY
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INCISION THROUGH THE SKIN AND CRICOTHYROID MEMBRANE FOR RELIEF OF RESPIRATORY OBSTRUTION
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PARIETAL PLEURA
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SEROUS MAMBRANE THAT LINES THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WALL OF THE PLEURAL CAVITIY
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PHARYNX
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UPPER EXPANDED PORTION OF THE DIGESTIVE TUBE BETWEEN THE ESOPHAGUS BELOW AND THE ORAL AND NASAL CAVITIES ABOVE AND IN FRONT
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BRONCHIOLE
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ONE OF THE FINER SUBDIVISIONS OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES; LESS THAN 1MM IN DIAMETER; HAS NO CARTILAGE IN ITS WALL BUT DOES HAVE RELATIVELY MORE SMOOTH MUSCLE AND ELASTIC FIBERS
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CRICOID CARTILAGE
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MOST INFERIOR LARYNGEAL CARTILAGE
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ALVELOLAR SAC
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TWO OR MORE ALVELOI THAT SHARE A COMMON OPENING
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ARYTENOID CARTILAGE
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SMALL PYRAMIDAL LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES THAT ARTICULATE WITH THE CRICOID CARTILAGE
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CONCHA
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STRUCTURE COMPARABLE TO A SHELL IN SHAPE; THE THREE BONY RIDGES ON THE LATERAL WALL OF THE NASAL CAVITY
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MINUTE RESPIRATORY VOLUME
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PRODUCT OF TIDAL VOLUME TIMES THE REPIRATORY RATE
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INSIPATORY CAPACITY
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VOLUME OF AIR THAT CAN BE INSPIRED AFTER A NORMAL EXPIRATION; THE SUM OF TIDAL VOLUME AND INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME
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LARYNGITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE MOCUS MEMBRANE OF THE LARYNX
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CORNICULATE CARTILAGE
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CONICAL NODULE OF ELASTIC CARTILAGE SURMOUNTING THE APEX OF EACH ARYTENOID CARTILAGE
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OXYGEN-HEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE
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GRAPH DESCRIBING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGE OF HEMOGLOBIN SATURATED WITH OXYGEN AND A RANGE OF OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURES
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PHYSIOLOGIC DEAD AIR SPACE
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SUM OF ANATOMIC DEAD AIR SPACE PLUS THE VOLUME OF ANY NONFUNCTIONAL ALVELOI
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PARANASAL SINUS
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AIR- FILLED CAVITIES WITHIN CERTAIN SKULL BONES THAT CONNECT TO THE NASAL CAVITY; LOCATED IN THE FRONTAL, MAXILLARY,SPHENOID AND ETHMOID BONES
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PRIMARY BRONCHUS
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ONE OF TWO TUBES ARISING AT THE INFERIOR END OF THE TRACHEA; EACH EXTENDS INTO ONE OF THE LUNGS
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SURFACTANT
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LIPOPROTEINS FORMING A MONOMOLECULAR LAYER OVER PULMONARY ALVELOAR SURFACES; STABLIZING ALVELOR VOLUME BY REDUCING SURFACE TENSION AND THE TENDENCY FOR THE ALVELOI TO COLLAPSE
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FAUCES
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SPACE BETWEEN THE CAVITY OF THE MOUTH AND THE PHARYNX
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HYPERCAPNIA
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HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVELS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD OR TISSUES
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HALADINE EFFECT
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HEMOGLOBIN THAT IS NOT BOUND TO CARBON DIOXIDE BINDS MORE REDILY TO OXYGEN THAN HEMOGLOBIN THAT IS BOUND TO CARBON DIOXIDE
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BOHR EFFECT
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SHIFT OF THE OXYGEN- HEMOGLOBIN DISSOCIATION CURVE TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN BLOOD PH. tHE DEFINATION SOMETIMES EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SHIFTS CAUSED BY CHANGES IN BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS
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HYPOCAPNIA
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LOWER THAN NORMAL LEVELS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUES
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DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT
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MEASURE OF HOW EASILY A GAS DIFFUSES THROUGHA LIQUID OR TISSUE
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EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME
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MAXIUM VOLUME OF AIR THAT CAN BE EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS AFTER NORMAL EXPIRATION
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INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME
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MAXIUM VOLUME OF AIR THAT CAN BE INSPIRED AFTER A NORMAL INSPIRATION
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LARNYX
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ORGAN OF VOICE PRODUCTION LOCATED BETWEEN THE PHARYNX AND THE TRACHEA; IT CONSIST OF A FRAMEWORK OF CARTILAGE AND ELASTIC MEMBRANES HOUSING THE VOCAL FOLDS AND THE MUSCLES THAT CONTROL THE POSTION AND THE TENSION OF THESE ELEMENTS
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EXTERNAL NARIS
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NOSTRIL; ANTERIOR OR EXTERNAL OPENING OF THE NASAL CAVITIES
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LARYNGOPHARYNX
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PART OF THE PHARYNX LYING POSTERIOR TO THE LARYNX
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HENRY'S LAW
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THE CONCENTRATION OF A GAS DISSOLVED IN A LIQUID IS EQUAL TO THE PARTIAL PRESSURE OF THE GAS OVER THE LIQUID TIMES THE SOLUBILITY COEFFICIENT OF THE GAS
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MEATUS
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PASSAGEWAY OR TUNNEL
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PULMONARY CAPACITY
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SUM OF TWO OR MORE PULMONARY VOLUMES
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RESPIRATION
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PROCESS OF LIFE IN WHICH OXYGEN IS USED TO OXIDIZE ORGANIC FUEL MOLECULES, PROVIDING A SOURCE OF ENERGY, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND WATER. MOVEMENT OF AIR INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS, THE EXCHANGE OF GASES WITH BLOOD, THE TRANSPORTATION OF GASES IN THE BLOOD AND GAS EXCHANGE BETWEENTHE BLOOD AND TISSUES
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SECONDARY BRONCHUS
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BRANCH FROM A PRIMARY BRONCHUS THAT CONDUCTS AIR TO EACH LOBE OF THE LUNGS. THERE ARE TWO BRANCHES IN THE LEFT LUNG AND THREE BRACHES IN THE RIGHT LUNG
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PARTIAL PRESSURE
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PRESSURE EXERTED BY A SINGLE GAS OR A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT GASES
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SPIROMETER
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GASOMETER USED TO MEASURE THE VOLUME OF RESPIRATORY GASES; USAUALLY UNDERSTOOD TO CONSIST OF COUNTERBALANCED CYLINDRIAL BELL SEALED BY DIPPING INTO A CIRCULARTROUGH OF WATER
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THORAIC CAVITY
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SPACE WITHIN THE THROAIC WALLS; BOUNDED BELOW BY THE DIAPHARGM AND ABOVE BY THE NECK
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HERING- BREUER REFLEX
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AFFERENT IMPULSES FROM STRETCH RECEPTORS IN THE LUNGS ARREST INSPIRATION; EXPIRATION THEN OCCURS
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OROPHARYNX
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PORTION OF THE PHARYNX THAT LIES POSTIOR TO THE ORAL CAVITY; IT IS CONTINOUS ABOVE WITH THE NASOPHARYNX AND BELOW WITH THE LARYNGOPHARYNX
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THYROID CARTILAGE
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LARGEST LARYNGEAL CARTILAGE. IT FORMS THE LARYNGEAL PROMINENCE, OR ADAM'S APPLE
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TIDAL VOLUME
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VOLUME OF AIR THAT IS INSPIRED OR EXPIRED IN A SINGLE BREATH DURING REGULAR, QUIET BREATHING
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TOTAL LUNG CAPACTITY
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VOLUME OF AIR CONTAINED IN THE LUNGS AT THE END OF A MAXIUM INSPIRATION; EQUAL VITAL CAPACITY PLUS RESIDUAL VOLUME
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UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
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THE NASAL CAVITY. PHARYNX, AND ASSOCIATED STRUTURES
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RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE
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MEMBRANE IN THE LUNGS ACROSS WHICH GAS EXCHANGE OCCURS WITH BLOOD
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UVULA
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SMALL GRAPELIKE APPENDAGE AT THE POSTERIOR MARGIN OF SOFT PALATE
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ASTHMA
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CONDITION OF THE LUNGS IN WHICH WIDESPREAD NARROWING OF AIRWAYS OCCURS CAUSED BY CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE, EDEMA OF THE MUCOSA, AND MUCOUS IN THE LUMEN OF THE BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLES
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VENTILATION
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MOVEMENT OF GASES INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS
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VESTIBULAR FOLDS
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ONE OR TWO FOLDS OF MOCUS MEMBRANES STRETCHING ACROSS THE LARYNGEAL CAVITY FROM THE ANGLE OF THE THYROID CARTILAGE AND THE ARYTENOID CARTILAGE SUPERIOR TO THE VOCAL CORDS; HELPS CLOSE THE GLOTTIS; ALSO CALLED FALSE VOCAL CORDS
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ALVEOLAR DUCTS
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PART OF THE RESPITAROY PASSAGES BEYOND A REPIRATORY BRONCHIOLE; FROM IT ARISES ALVEOLAR SACS AND ALVELOI
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INTERNAL NARIS
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OPENING FROM THE NASAL CAVITY INTO THE NASOPHARYNX
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LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT
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THE LARYNX, TRACHEA, AND LUNGS
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PLEURAL CAVITY
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POTENTIAL SPACE BETWEEN THE PARIETAL AND VISCERAL LAYERS OF THE PLEURA
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