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30 Cards in this Set
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Each second how many million cells die and are replaced in your body?
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10 million.
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Each second how many molecules of hemoglobin are produced in the bone marrow to supply body's cells with oxygen?
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100 trillion.
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What are some other functions of the respiratory system?
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Voice (vocal cords), smell (olfaction), body temperature regulation, blood pH regulation (>CO2=<pH) within 7.35-7.45
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List the parts of the Upper Respiratory Tract
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Mandible, Tongue Soft Palate, Epiglottis, Pharynx, Trachea, Esophagus, Oral Cavity, Nasal Cavity, Sinuses.
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What is various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials. Especially part of the lower jaw consisting of a single bone.
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Mandible
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What is a fleshy movable muscular process of the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food.
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Tongue
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What is the fold at the back of the hard palate that partially separates the mouth from the pharynx?
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Soft Palate
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What is a thin plate of flexible cartilage in front of the glottis that folds back over and protects the glottis during swallowing?
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Epiglottis
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What is the muscular tubular passage of the vertebrate digestive and respiratory tracts extending from the back of the nasal cavity and mouth to the esophagus?
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Pharynx
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What is the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs in vertebrates?
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Trachea
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What is the muscular tube that takes food to the stomach?
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Esophagus
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What is the cavity of the mouth?
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Oral Cavity
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What are the pairs of openings of the nose?
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Nares
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The internal swirling nose bone structure is called a?
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Turbinate
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If the sinuses become inflamed and swollen as a result of allergies, infections, tumors, or so on it is called?
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Sinusitis
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if you have a laryngeal hemiplegia horse, basically a paralysis of part of the larynx, what is this called?
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Roaring
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What is an inflammatory condition of the lungs which was produced by inhalation of foreign material?
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Aspiration Pneumonia
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What is the clinical procedure called where a soft rubber tube is inserted through the glottis and advanced down into the trachea to open the airway?
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Endotracheal Intubation
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What is a problem called, especially of toy and miniature dogs, where the widened area of smooth muscle gets sucked down into the lumen of the trachea and partially blocks it?
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Tracheal Collapse
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The lower respiratory tract is controlled by the ?
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Autonomic nervous system via bronchodilation and bronchoconstriction.
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What is the process of pulling air into the lungs called?
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Inspiration
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What is the process of blowing out air from the lungs called?
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Expiration
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What are the three respiratory volumes?
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Tidal, Residual, Minute
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What is the volume of air inspired and expired during one breath called?
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A Tidal Volume
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What is the volume of air inspired and expired during 1 minute called?
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A Minute Volume
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What is the volume of air remaining in the lungs after maximum expiration called?
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A residual volume.
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How does GAS exchange work?
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BOOK: A simple diffusion of gas molecules from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.
PP: across concentration gradient by simple diffusion. |
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What is the equation for the partial pressures of gases?
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Total pressure = PO2 + PCO2
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Breathing is controlled in the area of the brain called?
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The medulla oblongata.
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What are the two main body systems for controlling breathing?
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The mechanical and the chemical system.
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