Exam 14: The Respiratory System: Its a Gas

Red blood cell numbers are controlled by a hormone released by the _______________.

The smallest blood vessels are known as ________.

Which of the following is not part of the upper respiratory tract?

Inspired objects usually lodge in the left lung.

________ is distinguished by having reversible airway narrowing and airway hyperreactivity; and is most commonly characterized as an inflammatory process.

The alveoli consists of _____________ cells.

As CO₂ levels rise, pH decreases and ____________ rate increases.

Premature infants are often in danger due to a lack of __________________ in the lungs.

Which of the following drugs has as its basic purpose to reduce the work of breathing, increase the oxygen content of the blood, and reduce the work of the heart?

Explain the mechanism of ventilation.

The process of gas exchange between air and blood is called

The cerebrum controls breathing.

A(n) ________ is a condition in which there is an excessive build-up of fluid in the pleural space between the parietal and the visceral pleura.

List the changes in the layers of the wall of the respiratory system from conducting zone to respiratory zone.

Discuss how the angle of branching of the bronchi makes a difference in which lung receives aspirations.

There has been recent concern about a multi drug-________ form of TB that does not respond to the usual TB drugs and that has a high mortality rate.

A lack of lung surfactant causes ________ lungs that resist expansion.

The bronchi branch into ____________.

The diaphragm receives help from the ________ muscles in the activity of breathing.

________ is associated with a chronic productive cough, enlargement of mucous glands, and hypertrophy of the airway smooth muscle ________.