HCB 102 Respiratory Exam with precise detailed solutions
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No breathing - ✔✔Apnea
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A bluish or purplish color of the skin due to insufficient oxygen levels in the blood. -
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✔✔Cyanosis
A process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low
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concentration. - ✔✔Diffusion || ||
Difficult and labored breathing, shortness of breath. - ✔✔Dyspnea
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A deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body. - ✔✔Hypoxia
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Situated or extending between the ribs. - ✔✔Intercostal
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Increased work of breathing; sensation of shortness of breath. - ✔✔Respiratory distress
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Reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intake is not sufficient enough to support
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life. - ✔✔Respiratory failure
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Pulling in the skin and soft tissue between the ribs when breathing. - ✔✔Retractions
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The oropharynx and nasopharynx are both include in the - ✔✔pharynx
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Closes over the glottis to prevent food and foreign objects from entering the trachea. -
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✔✔Epiglottis
Contains the vocal cords; connects the pharynx with the trachea (contains thyroid cartilage,
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known as the adams apple). - ✔✔Larynx
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Forms the lower portion of the larynx. - ✔✔Cricoid cartilage
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The tube that carries inhaled air from the larynx toward the lungs. - ✔✔Trachea
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Splits into two branches (one going to each lung). - ✔✔Bronchi
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Consists of the trachea, primary and secondary bronchi, tertiary bronchi, bronchioles and
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terminal bronchioles. - ✔✔Bronchial tree
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Air passages end at the - ✔✔Alveoli
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Small sacs within the lungs where gas exchange takes place with the bloodstream, across
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the alveolar-capillary membrane. - ✔✔Alveoli
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Divides the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity (helps a person inhale and exhale). -
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✔✔Diaphragm
Active process in which the muscles of the rib cage and the diaphragm contract. -
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✔✔Inhalation
The expanding size of the chest creates a negative pressure inside the chest causing the
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cavity to - ✔✔pull air into the lungs
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