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Carbon Dioxide (CO2) The waste gas created in the tissues that moves from the blood into the alveoli so that it can be exhaled Purposes of breathing * Provides O2 for tissue perfusion so that cells have enough O2 to take part in metabolism * Removes CO2, the major waste product of metabolism ...

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2) ✅The waste gas created in the tissues that moves from the
blood into the alveoli so that it can be exhaled

Purposes of breathing ✅* Provides O2 for tissue perfusion so that cells have enough
O2 to take part in metabolism
* Removes CO2, the major waste product of metabolism

Upper Airways ✅Nose
Sinuses
Pharynx
Larynx

Turbinates ✅3 bony projects that protrude into the nasal cavities from the walls of the
interior portion of the nose; They increase the total surface are for filtering, heating, &
humidifying inspired air

Nasopharynx ✅Contains the adenoids & the opening of the eustachian tube

Oropharynx ✅Contains the palatine tonsils

Laryngopharynx ✅Extends from base of tongue to esophagus; it is the critical dividing
point where solid food & fluids are separated from air

Larynx ✅the "voice box"; located above the trachea

Cricothyroid membrane ✅The site used in an emergency for access to the lower
airways (aka a tracheostomy)

Lower Airways ✅Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Alveolar ducts
Alveoli

When a foreign object is aspirated from the throat, where does it usually enter? ✅The
right bronchus

Lobar bronchi ✅*Cartilage is ring-shaped and RESISTS collapse
*Lined with a ciliated, mucus-secreting membrane

, Bronchioles ✅Have no cartilage and depend entirely on the elastic recoil of the lung to
remain patent

Alveoli ✅The basic units of gas exchange

Surfactant ✅A fatty protein that reduces surface tension in the alveoli; without it,
atelectasis occurs

Right Lung ✅*Responsible for about 60-65% of respiratory function
*Any problem with this lung inteferes with oxygenation to a greater degree than a
problem in the other lung

Formula for calculation of "pack years" ✅# of packs smoked per day X # of yrs. pt. has
smoked

A cough can be a side of effect of this group of prescribed drugs ✅ACE inhibitors

Histoplasmosis and Coccidioidomycosis ✅Fungal diseases

What is a main sign of lung disease? ✅Cough

Normal amount of sputum production per day ✅3 ounces (90mL)

Hemoptysis ✅Blood in the sputum; Most often seen in patients with chronic bronchitis
or lung cancer

Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea ✅Intermittent dyspnea sleep; The pt. has a sudden
onset of breathing difficulty severe enough to awaken them from sleep; Often occurs
with chronic lung disease & left-sided heart failure

Orthopnea ✅Shortness of breath that occurs when lying down but is relieved by sitting
up; Often occurs with chronic lung disease & left-sided heart failure

Appearance of nasal mucous membrane in patient with Allergic Rhinitis ✅Pale,
engorged, and bluish gray

Septal deviation ✅Some degree of it is common in most adults & appears as an S
shape, tilting toward 1 side or the other

Perforated Septum ✅A condition commonly found in cocaine users; It is present if a
light shines through the perforation into the opposite nostril upon assessment

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