RESPIRATORY

5. type of alveolar cells
6. Actual blood flow through the pulmonary circulation
9. covers opening to the larynx during swallowing
10. Primary site of gas exchange
11. Removal of a lobe of a lung
13. amount of air exhaled after maximal inspiration
15. anti inflammatory agent
17. maximum amount of air that can be inhaled after a relax expiration
22. Excessive inflation of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli
23. Tube-like structure which connects nasal and oral cavities to the larynx
24. communicable disease that commonly attacks the lungs, although

1. Enlarged RBC's
2. effects of anesthesia and restricted breathing with pain
3. occur in other body parts
4. cannot be measured by spirometer
7. movement of air in and out of the lungs
8. Procedure done prior to ABG
12. primary cause of COPD
14. also known as windpipe
16. measures the amount of oxygen being carried by RBC
18. Amount of air that can be inspired or expired after a normal respiratory cycle
19. process of gas exchage
20. A complex inflammatory process that increases airway resistance
21. needle puncture through the chest wall, used to removefluid and occasionally air from the pleural space