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RESPIRTORY SYSTEM - MAIN FUNCTION
THE MAIN FUNCTION IS TO BRING OXYGEN INTO THE BODY FOR DELIVERY TO BLOOD CELLS
WHAT MAKES SPEECH POSSIBLE
OXYGEN PRODUCES THE AIR FLOW THROUGH THE LARYNX - THAT IS WHAT MAKES SPEECH POSSIBLE.
STRUCTURES OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
NOSE, MOUTH, PHARYNX, EPIGLOTTIS, LARYNX AND TRACHEA
STRUCTURES OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
LUNGS, BRONCIAL TREE
(THESE ARE PROTECTED BY THE THORATIC CAVITY)
CILIA
THIN HAIR LOCATED INSIDE THE NOSE
STRUCTURE OF THE LUNGS
2 LOBES ON THE LEFT AND 3 LOBES ON THE RIGHT
LARYNX
VOICE BOX
ALVEOLI
AIR SACS, LOOKS LIKE GRAPE CLUSTERS FOUND IN THE END OF THE BRONCHIOLE
WHERE DOES RESPIRATION TAKE PLACE
THIS TAKES PLACE IN THE ALVEOLI
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
BRINGING AIR INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS
COPD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
ASTHMA
CHRONIC ALLERGIC DISORDER
EMPHYSEMA
LOSS OF LUNG FUNCTION
CROUP
RESPIRTORY SYNFROME IN CHILDREN AND INFANTS
SINOITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUS
URI
UPPER RESPIRTORY INFECTION
PHARYNGITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARNIX (SORE THROAT)
DYSHONIA
HOARSENESS, WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF VOICE
ARDS
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME. (ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN LUNG TISSUE)
ASPIRATION PHNEMONIA
ALL GOES INTO THE LUNGS (VOMIT..FLUID)
EUPNEA
EASY OR NORMAL BREATHING
TRACHYPNEA
RAPID RESPIRATIONS
ANOXIA
ABSENCE OF OXYGEN (4-6 MINUTES AND YOUR BRAIN DEAD)
ASPHYSIA
LACK OF OXYGEN
CYANOSIS
BLUE
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5599
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RESPITORY SYSTEM
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Updated
2010-01-30T02:47:31Z
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