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What is internal respiration?
Between
blood
&
tissues
What is the easy way to say you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
COPD
Cancer cells break free and travel through body, what cancer is that?
metastatic
What is external respiration?
exchange of gases between
alveolar air
and
blood cells
What protein on rbc's attache to O2?
hemoglobin
inflammation of the larynx is called?
laryngitis
Inflammation of the sinus?
sinisits
Iron on protein hemoglobin that attracts O2 is?
haemoglobin
What does alveolar contain that lowers the surface tension of air?
Surfactant
What is a diaphragm?
muscle
, makes up the floor of the thoracic cavity, pushes up on
lungs
to grab air
Where do you find alveolus?
at the
terminal end
of the bronchial.
strep throat is caused by what?
Streptococcus pyogenes
lungs filled with fluid, what will it bring?
pneumonia
Where is the epiglottis found?
Larynx
Why do we get a runny nose when we cry?
lacrymal gland
drain into
nasal
passage
what does the larynx house?
voicebox
,
vocal cords
What is it called when air is pushed out of the lungs by the diaphragm?
expiration
what makes the trachea structure so tough?
cartilage
,
hyaline
medulla oblongata?
respiratory center
air moving in and out of the lungs is?
respiration