The respiratory system

Cards (9)

  • Aspiration
    Of foreign material into the air way
  • Atelectasis
    Collapse of all or part of the lungs
  • Bronchiectasis
    Chronic dilation of bronchi & bronchioles
  • Bronchitis
    Inflammation of the bronchi
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Chronic condition of persistent obstruction of bronchial airflow
  • Cystic fibrosis
    Widespread disfunction of the enxocrine glads
  • Emphysema
    Enlargement of aviolar well cause of by aviolar wall destruction & loss of elasticity
  • Epiglottitis
    Inflammation of the epiglotis
  • Histo plasmosis
    Infection course by the yeast like organsm (histoplasma capsulatum)