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A malignant tumor originating in glandular tissue.
malignant=cancerous |
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a brief period of time when you stop breathing
usually occurs during sleep |
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| HCO3-) diffuses out of the red blood cell in exchange for the chlorine ion (CL-) in order to maintain the electrical neutrality of a slightly alkaline pH necessary for optimal cellular metabolism. |
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| produced by air rushing through the large respiratory passageways-the trachea and bronchi |
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| A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood. |
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| air that enters the respiratory tract and remains in the conducting zone passageways that never reaches the alveoli. |
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ERV
expiratory reserve volume |
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| the amount of air that can be forcibily exhaled after a tidal expiration; approxiamtely 1200 ml |
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| the normal respiratory rate |
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| Abnormally fast or deep respiration, which results in the loss of carbon dioxide from the blood, thereby causing a fall in blood pressure, tingling of the extremities, and sometimes fainting. |
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| a condition in which inadequate oxygen is available to tissues |
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IRV
inspiratory reserve volume |
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| the amount of air that can be taken in above and beyond the tidal volume |
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| Nonrespiratory air movement |
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| reflex activities that modify change or interrupt the normal respiratory rhythym-such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, and crying |
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| hemoglobin combined with oxygen |
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the presence of air in the intrapleural space of the lung
normal volume is between 2100 and 3200 ml. |
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after expiration, there is about 1200 ml of air still in the lungs, and this air can not be voluntarily expelled.
allows for gas exchange to continue even between breaths and helps to keep the alveoli inflated. |
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| self-exciting inspiratory center |
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| lung cancer that arises in the epithelium of the larger bronchi and tends to form msses that hollow out and bleed |
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| amount of air inhale or exhaled during normal breathing; respiratory volume |
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| Vesicular breathing sounds |
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| occur as air fills the alveoli; soft sounds that resemblr |
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| the volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs by forcible expiration after the deepest inspiration; total exchangeable air |
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| contains lymphocyte-like cells that originate in the main bronchi and grow aggressively in cords or small grapelike clusters within the mediastinum |
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