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results from an infection of the lungs by bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis with coughing and chest pain, fever, right sweats, fatigue, and weight loss |
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What was TB known as in 1900 and was the leading cause of death? |
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TB remains one of the most common and serious infectious disease, killing how many people each year? |
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most common lethal inherited disease affecting individuals of Northern European descent (1 in 2500 births), it is an inherited congenital defect where respiratory mucosa produces dense, viscous mucous that cannot be transported by respiratory defense system |
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What does the larynx consist of ? |
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What kind of cartilage is hyaline cartilage that forms most of larynx? |
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What is the part of the thyroid cartilage that is prominent and can be felt? |
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What provides ligament attachments, and epiglottis forms a lid over the glottis and is composed of elastic cartilage? |
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What happens during swallowing? |
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the larynx is elevated and the epiglottis folds back over glottis and prevents entry of food and liquids into the respiratory tract |
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What does the larynx contain? |
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infection or inflammation of larynx using hoarseness or loss of voice |
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bacterial or viral infections of epiglottis causing swelling that may result in suffocation (what killed George Washington) |
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a stationary blood clot lodged in the lungs or blood vessels associated with lungs |
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supply of oxygen is cut off completely, kills cells very quickly,much of damage caused by strokes and heart attacks is the result of this |
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air is allowed into pleural cavity due to an injury to chest wall that penetrates the parietal pleura or a rupture of alveoli that breaks through visceral pleura |
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What does pneumothorax do? |
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breaks the fluid bond between the pleurae and allows elastic fibers to recoil resulting in a collapsed lung |
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painful condition when a person is exposed to a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure |
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What is responsible for decompression sickness? |
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nitrogen gas- when pressure drops, nitrogen comes out of solution forming bubbles that may for in joint cavities, bloodstream, and cerebrospinal fluid |
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people may curl up due to joint pain bc of decompression sickness |
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kills about 10,000 infants each year in US,generally occurs between midnight and 9Am in infants 2-4 months old, the sleeping infant suddenly stops breaking, turns blue, and relaxes (interconnection process that disrupts reflexive respiratory pattern) |
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (crib death) |
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period in which respiration is suspended |
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chronic, progressive condition with shortness of breath and inability to tolerate physical exertion due to destruction of alveolar surfaces and inadequate surface area for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange |
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chronic, progressive condition with shortness of breath and inability to tolerate physical exertion due to destruction of alveolar surfaces and inadequate surface area for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange |
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