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Rales:
Crackles heard throught a STETHOSCOPE when air bubbles through liquid in the lungs
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Abg abbv:
Arterial Blood gases
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Mantoux test is
using a needle into the layers of the skin. test someone for signs of exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium which causes tuberculosis infection.
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Copd is
Chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease also know as CAO:Chronic airway obstruction
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Respiratory tract has six connected elements:
- 1.Nose
- 2.Pharynx
- 3.Larynx
- 4.Trachea(we have only 1)
- 5. Bronchi
- 6. Alveoli
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Ventilation:
Inspiration:
expiration:
- -is the movement of air
- - take in air
- -take out air
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Exchange of gases:
b/w air and blood.
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Functions of the Respiratory system:
- 1.Exchange of gases
- 2. Regulation of blood pH
- 3. Protection
- 4. Voice Production
- 5. olfaction-Smell
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Nasal Septum:
divides the nasel cavity into right and left comparments.
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Function of the nose:
- - Passageway for air
- - Air Cleanser
- - Air Moisturizer
- -Air Warmer
- -Sense of smell
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Disorders of the nose:
Nasal Polyps:benign growths arising from the mucosa of the nasal
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The Pharynx is divided into three regions:
- -Nasopharynx: only air moves through
- -Oropharynx: Air,Food, and drink passes
- -Laryngopharynx: only food and drinks passes
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Obstructive sleep apnea:
occurs in middle age heavy men. the flow of air pauses or decreases during breathing while you are asleep because the airway has become narrowed, blocked, or floppy.
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Abbv CPAP
continuous positive airway pressure
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abbv URI
Upper respiratory infection
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Pharyngitis:
is and acute or chronic infection
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Polysomnography:
Test that monitor brain waves,muscle tenison and etc
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Epiglottis:
Leaf-shaped plate of cartilage that shuts off the larynx during swallowing.
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Croup:
infection if the upper airways in children characterized by a barking cough
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