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- 2. The process of inhaling and exhaling air in and out of the lungs
- 4. Mystery killer that takes the lives of apparently healthy infants between ages four weeks and seven months
- 5. Most fatal cancer in the U.S.
- 8. Group of diseases affecting gas exchange at the alveoli.Patients who have a history of smoking, coughing and frequent pulmonary infections. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are most common.
- 11. smaller air passages which branch from the bronchi. very narrow, lack cartilage
- 15. Windpipe - serves as a passageway for air.
- 17. Acute infection or inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs
- 18. Takes food into the esophagus
- 19. Lined with mucous, where air is warmed, filtrated, and humidified.
- 20. A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing
- 24. Enlarged chambers found at the end of the bronchioles, end at the alveolar sacs
- 25. inner layer of the pleural membrane
- 28. Lethal genetic disease
- 29. Known as the voice box, composed of cartilage and elastic fibers, incoming air passes through during breathing and to make sound
- 30. Passageway for air and food
- 31. The process of exchanging gases between the bloodstream and alveoli
- 33. Two spongy organs, located in the thoracic cavity enclosed by the diaphragm and rib cage, responsible for respiration
- 34. Broad, inferior surface of the lungs that rests on the diaphragm
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- 1. The maximum volume of air that can be exhaled after taking the deepest breath possible.
- 3. The volume of air moved into or out of the lungs during breathing
- 6. Tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the exchange of gases between air and blood, primary site of gas exchange, surrounded by capillaries
- 7. Breathing disorder of premature infants where the air sacs in the lungs do not remain open,absent or insufficient surfactant (compounds that lower surface tension between two liquids)
- 9. A thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates the abdomen from the chest. It contracts and flattens when you inhale
- 10. Outer layer of the pleural membrane
- 11. Two short branches located at the lower end of the trachea that carry air into the lungs.
- 12. Viral infection of the respiratory tract
- 13. Pointed, superior part of the lungs. extends above the clavicle
- 14. The process of exchanging gases between the tissues/cells and bloodstream
- 16. Highly contagious respiratory virus and major cause of illness in young children
- 21. The amount of air still present in the lungs after maximal expiration
- 22. An infectious communicable disease that destroys the lung tissue and pleura
- 23. Split-like opening between the (true) vocal cords, serves as a passageway for air
- 26. A condition where the alveolar walls lose their elasticity and remain filled with air during expiration
- 27. Passageway for air only
- 29. Functional units of the lungs, right lung has 3, left lung has 2
- 32. Called nostrils, allow entrance of air