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1
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Respiratory system consists of what?

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Upper and lower respiratory systems.

2
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What is the upper respiratory system?

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Nose, nasal cavity, sinuses, and pharynx.

3
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Functions of the upper respiratory system?

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Filter, warm & humidify air and bring it to and from the lower respiratory system.

4
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What is the lower respiratory system?

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Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli.

5
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What are alveoli?

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Gas exchange surface.

6
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What are the functions of the respiratory system?

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Extensive area for gas exchange, move air to and from exchange surfaces, protect exchange surfaces from damage, produce vocalization, and regulate blood volume, pH, and pressure.

7
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What damages does the respiratory system protect exchange surfaces from?

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Dehydration, temperature, and pathogens.

8
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How many functional parameters do respiratory surfaces have?

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3

9
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What are the 3 functional parameters of respiratory surfaces?

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Increase the surface area of the membrane, decrease thickness of the respiratory membrane, and highly vascularize the respiratory membrane (maximize concentration gradient).

10
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What is the external nose comprised of?

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Cartilage, nasal bone, and external nares.

11
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What are the cartilages of the external nose?

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Lateral nasal, major alar, and minor alar.

12
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What is another name for external nares?

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Nostrils.

13
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What do the external nose enclose?

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The nasal vestibule.

14
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Nasal vestibule characteristics?

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Protected by hairs, opens into nasal cavity, and divided by nasal septum.

15
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Where does the nasal cavity start and end?

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Starts at nasal vestibule and ends at internal nares.

16
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How is the nasal cavity divided into 2?

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By the nasal septum.

17
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What comprises the nasal septum?

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Ethmoid, vomer, and septal cartilage.

18
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How is the nasal cavity separated from the oral cavity?

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By the hard and soft palate?

19
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What makes up the hard palate?

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Palatine and maxilla.

20
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What is the nasal cavity lined with?

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Mucus membrane.

21
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What is the olfactory region of the nasal cavity?

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Superior region and all areas with olfactory receptors.

22
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What areas contain olfactory receptors?

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Cribiform plate, superior nasal conchae, and superior septum.

23
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What are nasal conchae?

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Projections of bone on each side of nasal cavity.

24
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What are the nasal conchae?

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Superior, middle, and inferior.

25
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What make up the conchae?

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The ethmoid bone and inferior nasal concha bone.

26
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What are the grooves in between conchae called?

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Meatuses.

27
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What are the functions of conchae?

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Divide cavity into passages, support mucous membranes, increase surface area, increase turbulence, and filter out airborne particles.

28
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What are sinuses?

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Air-filled sacs within cranial bones.

29
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What are the sinuses?

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Maxilla, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid.

30
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Where do sinuses open?

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Into the nasal cavity.

31
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What are sinuses lined with?

A

Mucous membrane.

32
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What are the functions of sinuses?

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Decrease weight of skull, produce mucus, and resonant chambers.

33
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What is another name for the pharynx?

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Throat.

34
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Characteristics of the pharynx?

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A shared passageway for respiratory and digestive system.

35
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What are the 3 regions of the pharynx?

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Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx.

36
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Location of nasopharynx?

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Above uvula & posterior to internal nares.

37
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Location of oropharynx?

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Portion visible in mirror.

38
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Location of laryngopharynx?

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Between hyoid & esophagus.

39
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Functions of the pharynx?

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Passage for food, passage for air, and sound production.

40
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What are the layers of the respiratory tree?

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Mucosa, submucosa, hyaline cartilage, and trachealis muscle.

41
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Mucosa characteristics?

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Goblet cells in pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.

42
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Submucosa characteristics?

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Areolar CT and serous & mucous glands.

43
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Trachealis muscle characteristics?

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Transverse & longitudinal smooth muscle.

44
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Is there more or less muscle as you move closer to the lungs?

A

IF YOU SAID LESS YOU ARE WRONG!!

45
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What is the larynx?

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Enlargement in airways at top of trachea & below pharynx.

46
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Functions of the larynx?

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Routes air & food to proper channels, surrounds & protects glottis, and houses vocal cords?

47
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What is the glottis?

A

Opening into larynx.

48
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What are vocal cords?

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Folds in mucous membrane.

49
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What are the 2 folds?

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Vestibular and vocal folds.

50
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Vestibular fold functions?

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No sound production and muscles help close larynx during swallowing.

51
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What is another name for the vestibular folds?

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False vocal cords.

52
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Vocal folds function?

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Cause sound production.

53
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Another name for vocal folds?

A

True vocal cords.

54
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How does speaking occur?

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Air is pushed past vocal folds causing vibrations.

55
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How is pitch controlled?

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Changing tension of cords.

56
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Tight cords = Low or High pitch?

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HIGH.

57
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What is volume related to?

A

Force of air over cords.

58
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More force = loud or quiet?

A

LOUD.

59
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What change sound?

A

Oral cavity, lips & tongue.

60
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Trachea characteristics?

A

Flexible tube and connects larynx with bronchi.

61
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What is the composition of the trachea?

A

Inner wall.

62
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What composes the inner wall?

A

Ciliated mucous membrane with goblet cells and 20 C-shaped pieces of hyaline cartilage.

63
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What are the functions of the ciliated mucous membrane?

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Beat continuously and expel mucous loaded with debris.

64
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What are the functions of the trachea?

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Filter and direct incoming air, cartilage rings prevent collapsing (but are still flexible), and soft tissue in back allows esophagus to expand.

65
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How are bronchi formed?

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By division of the trachea.

66
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Characteristics of bronchi.

A

Split at carina, enter lungs at hilus, and bronchi subdivide into smaller & smaller branches

67
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What are the branches of the bronchi?

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Primary, secondary, tertiary, and bronchioles.

68
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Are the right and left bronchi the exact same?

A

OF COURSE NOT!

69
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Right bronchus characteristics?

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Wider, shorter, & straighter, divides into 3 parts (one per lobe), and the superior one divides very early.

70
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How are bronchioles formed?

A

Branching of the tertiary bronchi.

71
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How many terminal bronchioles are formed?

A

6500.

72
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Are bronchioles smooth muscle or cartilage dominant?

A

Smooth muscle.

73
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What are the types of smooth muscle contractions in bronchioles?

A

Bronchodialation and bronchoconstriction.

74
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What controls bronchodialation?

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SNS.

75
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What controls bronchoconstriction?

A

PSNS.

76
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What do terminal bronchioles branch into?

A

Respiratory lobules.

77
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How many lobule per respiratory lobule?

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50-80.

78
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What do respiratory lobules branch into?

A

Alveolar ducts.

79
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What do alveolar ducts lead to?

A

alveolar sacs.

80
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Alveolar sacs contain what?

A

Several alveoli.

81
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How many alveoli per lung?

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150 million.

82
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Alveoli characteristics?

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Each is associated with a network of capillaries and abundance of elastic fibers.

83
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Alveolus consist of what?

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Pneumocyte type I & type II cells, basal lamina, capillary network, and connective tissue.

84
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Pneumocyte type I characteristics?

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Simple squamous epithelium for gas exchange and moist lining aids diffusion across respiratory membrane.

85
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Pneumocyte type II characteristics?

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No gas exchange and secrete pulmonary surfactant.

86
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Pulmonary surfactant characteristics?

A

Fluid with a lower cohesive force than water, alveolar walls don’t stick to each other, and prevents collapse of alveoli.

87
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What are the connective tissues of alveolus?

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Fibroblasts and macrophages.

88
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Fibroblasts composition?

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Elastic and reticular fibers.

89
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Macrophages function?

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Phagocytosis.

90
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What do all of the structures in alveolus make for?

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A thin and flexible membrane.

91
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Lungs location?

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In thoracic cavity.

92
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What is the lung surrounded by?

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Parietal pleura and visceral pleura.

93
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What is between the pleural layers?

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Pleural cavity.

94
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Structure of the lungs?

A

Apex, base, hilus, lobes, and lobes divide into lobules.

95
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What enter the hilus of the lungs?

A

All vessels and bronchi.

96
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Number of lobes per side and what separate them?

A

Right=3
Left=2
Fissures separate them.

97
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What des breathing depend on?

A

Volume changes in thoracic cavity.

98
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Volume changes lead to what?

A

Pressure change.

99
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When pressure changes what occurs?

A

Gases flow to equalize pressure.

100
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What are the 2 phases of breathing?

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Inspiration and expiration.

101
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Inspiration steps?

A

Diaphragm & external intercostal muscles contract, thoracic cavity expands, pressure in pleural cavity decreases, lungs expand into lower pressure area, pressure in lungs decreases, air moves into lungs to equalize pressure.

102
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Is expiration an active process?

A

I THINK NOT!

103
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Expiration steps?

A

Muscles relax, recoil shrinks thoracic cavity, pressure in pleural cavity increases, lungs are compressed. pressure in lungs increase, and air moves out to equalize pressure.

104
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What is another name for expiration?

A

Tidal expiration.

105
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Forced expiration steps?

A

Internal intercostals, external obliques, & abdominal recti muscles contract, further shrink thoracic cavity, pressure in pleural cavity increase, lungs are compressed, pressure in lungs increases, and air moves out to equalize pressure.

106
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Steps of air entering body.

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Mouth/nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, primary bronchi, secondary bronchi, tertiary bronchi, bronchioles, terminal bronchioles, respiratory lobules, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, alveoli.

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