RESPITORY SYSTEM

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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RESPITORY SYSTEM

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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Updated

2010-01-30T02:47:31Z

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