RESPIRATORY SYSTEM The respiratory system consists of all the organs involved in breathing. These include the nose‚ pharynx‚ larynx‚ trachea‚ bronchi and lungs. The respiratory system does two very important things: it brings oxygen into our bodies‚ which we need for our cells to live and function properly; and it helps us get rid of carbon dioxide‚ which is a waste product of cellular function. The nose‚ pharynx‚ larynx‚ trachea and bronchi all work like a system of pipes through which
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Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms‚ and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli‚ pleura and pleural cavity‚ and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting‚ such as the common cold‚ to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism‚ and lung cancer
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The Path of Respiratory Therapy Introduction About a year ago‚ I came home from work one night and walked into the kitchen to where my mother was standing. There was a feeling of uneasiness and the panic began to clench my stomach. She looked so sad‚ so stressed; maybe it was the frizzy hair‚ the bags beneath her eyes‚ the way her back slouched in a low negative curve‚ or her eyes. Her eyes looked at me before she turned them away‚ but in that fragment of a second‚ it’s almost like I could look
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Respiratory disease Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms‚ and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli‚ pleura and pleural cavity‚ and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting‚ such as the common cold‚ to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism
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Tanya Hicks Anatomy & Physiology Respiratory Assignment. ! 1.) The control center inside of the brain is called the medulla oblongata. Our breathing is controlled by the level of carbon dioxide that we have in our blood. The pons sends out a signal from the medulla to the diaphragm to activate. The diaphragm is also sent a a signal from the phoenic nerve‚ that comes from the cervical plexus in the spinal cord. This makes the diaphragm contract and flatten and increases the space inside of the thoracic
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Measuring the Respiratory Quotient Table 1 Representing the raw data of the Gas Pressure(kPa) in an enclosed environment during respiration of mung beans and sunflower beans with and without soda lime. Time in seconds(+/-1) | Mung Beans(+/-0.01kPa | Mung Beans with Soda Lime (+/-0.01kPa) | Sunflower Beans(+/-0.01kPa | Sunflower with Soda lime(+/-0.01kPa | 0 | 100.97 | 103.29 | 100.97 | 100.93 | 50 | 100.49 | 102.85 | 100.45 | 100.48 | 100 | 100.07 | 102.51 | 99.89 | 100.07 | 150
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Respiratory System Terminology adenoid/o adenoids Adenoidectomy adenoid hypertrophy alveol/o alveolus‚ air sac alveolar bronch/o bronchi/o bronchial tube‚ bronchus Bronchospasm: This tightening of the bronchus is a chief characteristic of asthma and bronchitis Bronchiectasis: Caused by weakening of the bronchial wall from infection. Bronchodilator: This drug causes dilation‚ or enlargement‚ of the opening of a bronchus to improve ventilation to the lungs. An example is albuterol
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The human respiratory system is one of the chief and most important which is very instrumental for survival. Prime function of the respiratory system is breathing. Inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide is all that takes plays by function of the respiratory organs. Breathing is a process by which oxygen in the air is brought in to the lungs and further in to close contact with blood. The blood absorbs the oxygen and carries to all parts of the body. Simultaneously blood gives up waste matter
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Ms. Paula Weston English 101-57 30 October 2012 In the World of Respiratory Therapy When you graduate high school most of us look forward to going to college and starting a new chapter in our lives. There are many choices of fields to choose from when we enter college. Some of us know right from the start what we want to do and some of us don’t. I have had many ideas of what I might want to pick as my career for the rest of my life. It first started out with wanting to be a teacher‚ and then
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Research Paper The Respiratory System As humans‚ our body is made out of different systems‚ which work together to make us live day by day. One major system is the respiratory system. The respiratory system includes the nose (the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses)‚ pharynx (throat)‚ larynx (voice box)‚ trachea (windpipe)‚ bronchi‚ and the lungs. The respiratory system begins from our respiratory tracts that carry air to and from the exchange surfaces of the lungs. Respiratory tract can be divided
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