level: Respiratory
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Respiratory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tachypnoea is | abnormally rapid breathing |
| what initiates the stimulation to breathe? | Increased carbon dioxide levels in the blood |
| What is bronchitis | inflammation of the bronchi |
| what can Pulmonary oedema be caused by | Failure of the left ventricle of the heart |
| what happens to the body during inspiration | Contraction of the external intercostal muscles and contraction of the diaphragm |
| Tidal volume is usually about | 500ml |
| what is Haemoptysis? | coughing up blood |
| what is the pleura | Two-layered serous membrane covering the outer surface of lungs |
| 3 events in respiration | pulmonary ventilation, external respiration and internal respiration |
| what is pulmonary ventilation | Bringing o2 into alveoli and co2 leaving alveoli |
| what is external respiration | exchange of gases between alveoli and blood |
| what is internal respiration | exchange of gases between blood in capillaries and body cells |
| what body part controls breathing | medulla and pons in the brain steam |
| what is Pulmonary Tuberculosis | infectious bacterial infection that causes destruction of lung tissue |
| what is emphysema | disease of the alveoli |