Exam 14: The Respiratory System: Its a Gas

The inability to get air out of the lungs is known as ________.

The exchange of gases between the cells and the blood is called ________.

Which drug provides rapid relief of an acute situation of airway narrowing?

Red blood cells are known as ________.

The thoracic cage consists of twelve pairs of elastic arches of bone called ribs.

_____________________ is the amount of gas moved during normal ventilation.

The part of the respiratory system that carries air but has no gas exchange capability is called the ____________________ zone.

Respiratory mucosa is ciliated cuboidal epithelium with goblet cells.

What region contains the coarse nasal hairs?

During metabolism, your body produces the waste product ____________.

The portion of the sternum where CPR is performed is the xiphoid process.

The lungs reside in the thoracic cavity and are separated by a region called the ________, which contains the esophagus, heart, great vessels, and trachea.

________ is a respiratory infection causing pressure, pain and often a headache.

Shortness of breath is called ________.

Oxygen is abbreviated as the chemical sign ________.

________ is a condition in which there is air inside the thoracic cavity and outside of the lungs.

Excessive secretions and fluid, such as in pneumonia, act as barriers and reduce the ________ in the blood.

________ is a lung infection that can be caused by a virus, fungus, bacterium, aspiration, or chemical inhalation.

____________ cells are responsible for the production of mucus.

The movement of air into and out of the lung is called ________.