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Chapter 22: The Respiratory System


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Chapter 22: The Respiratory System

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respiration

796

respiratory system

796

conducting division

796

respiratory division

796

upper respiratory tract

796

lower respiratory tract

796

nose

796

lateral cartilages

796

alar cartilages

796

ala nasi

796

nasal cavity

797

anterior nares

797

posterior nares

797

vestibule

797

vibrissae

797

nasal septum

797

nasal fossae

797

nasal conchae

797

turbinate bones

797

meatus

797

erectile tissues

799

pharynx

799

nasopharynx

799

oropharynx

799

laryngopharynx

799

larynx

799

glottis

800

epiglottis

800

epiglottic cartilage

800

thyroid cartilage

800

cricoid cartilage

800

arytenoid cartilages

801

corniculate cartilages

801

cuneiform cartilages

801

intrinsic laryngeal muscles

801

extrinsic laryngeal muscles

801

vestibular folds

801

true vocal cords

801

trachea

801

trachealis muscle

802

mucociliary escalator

802

base and apex of lung

802

costal surface

802

mediastinal surface

802

hilum

803

root

803

cardiac notch

803

pulmonary lobes

803

bronchial tree

803

primary bronchus

803

secondary bronchus

803

tertiary bronchus

804

bronchopulmonary segment

804

bronchiole

804

pulmonary lobule

804

terminal bronchiole

804

respiratory bronchiole

804

alveolar duct

804

alveolar sac

804

alveolus

805

squamous alveolar cells

805

great alveolar cells

805

pulmonary surfactant

805

alveolar macrophages

805

respiratory membrane

805

visceral pleura

806

parietal pleura

806

pleural cavity

806

pleural fluid

806

inspiration

806

expiration

806

Boyle's law

806

intrapulmonary pressure

806

intrapleural pressure

807

transpulmonary pressure

807

Charles' law

808

Valsalva maneuver

808

pneumothorax

808

atelectasis

808

pulmonary compliance

808

bronchoconstriction

808

bronchodilation

808

law of Laplace

809

dead air

809

anatomic dead space

809

physiologic dead space

809

alveolar ventilation rate (AVR)

809

spirometer

809

respiratory volumes

810

respiratory capacities

810

restrictive disorder

811

obstructive disorder

811

forced expiratory volume (FEV)

811

minute respiratory volume (MRV)

811

maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV)

811

inspiratory (I) neurons

812

expiratory (E) neurons

812

inspiratory center

812

expiratory center

812

pneumotaxic center

813

apneustic center

813

inflation reflex

813

partial pressure

814

Dalton's law

814

Henry's law

814

ventilation-perfusion coupling

817

gas transport

817

oxyhemoglobin (HbO2)

817

oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve

817

carbaminohemoglobin (HbCO2)

818

chloride shift

818

deoxyhemoglobin (HHb)

819

utilization coefficient

819

venous reserve

819

reverse chloride shift

819

Bohr effect

820

DPG

820

Haldane effect

820

peripheral chemoreceptors

821

aortic body

821

carotid body

821

central chemoreceptors

821

acidosis

822

alkalosis

822

hypercapnia

822

hypocapnia

822

hypoxemic hypoxia

823

ischemic hypoxia

823

anemic hypoxia

823

histotoxic hypoxia

823

oxygen toxicity

823

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

823

chronic bronchitis

823

sputum

823

emphysema

823

squamous-cell carcinoma

824

adenocarcinoma

824

small-cell carcinoma

824

acute coryza

825

pneumonia

825

tuberculosis (TB)

825

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