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ALVEOLI (HOW MANY)
ABOUT 500 MILLION
WHERE IS THE BRONCHIAL TREE LOCATED
THE LUNGS
SURFACTANT
FATTY MOLECULE ON THE RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE
PLEURA
MEMBRANE THAT COVERS EACH LUNG
WHAT IS THE DIAPHRAM RESPONSIBLE FOR?
PRINCIPAL BREATHING MUSCLE
ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
BLOOD TAKEN FROM AN ARTERY TO EVALUATE THE EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE LUNGS
PULMONARY EMBOLI
BLOOD CLOT IN ARTERY
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
MEASURES THE LUNG VOLUME IN A NORMAL BREATH (SPIROMETER IS USED FOR THIS)
ASTHMA
CHRONIC SWELLING AND CONSTRICTION OF THE BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLES
DIAPHORESIS
PROFUSE PERSPIRATION
TACHYCARDIA
RAPID PULSE
BRONCHITIS
INFLAMMATION OF BRONCHIAL WALLS. CAUSED BY VIRAL OR BACTERIAL RESP. INFECTIONS
EMPHYSEMA
ENLARGEMENT OF THE AIR SPACES IN THE LUNGS CAUSED BY DESTRUCTION OF THE ALVEOLI WALLS
LARYNGECTOMY
REMOVAL OF VOICE BOX
HYPOXIA
LACK OF OXYGEN
PNEUMONOCONIOSIS
LUNG DISEASES AFTER YEARS OF CONTACT WITH ENVIROMENTAL CAUSATIVE AGENTS
PNEUMONIA
ACUTE INFECTION OF THE TISSUES OF THE LUNGS
PULONARY FIBROSIS
SCARING OF THE LUNG TISSUE, MAKING THE LUNGS STIFF AND SMALL - FATAL
PULMONARY EMOLISM
OBSTRUCTION OF A PULMONARY ARTERY BY THROMBUS
APNEA
ABSENCE OF BREATHING
TB
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS INFECTION CAUSING NODULAR LESIONS AND PATCHY INFILTRATION OF THE LUNG TISSUE
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mnm1095
ID
5602
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RESPIRATORY #2
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RESPIRATORY
Updated
2010-01-30T03:27:29Z
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