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Change: Chart representing the corelation between the occupation and the risk of asbestosis Diffuse malignant mesothelioma--epithelial type Diffuse malignant mesothelioma--epithelial type Diffuse malignant mesothelioma--sarcomatous type Immunohistochemical results in malignant mesothelioma: Diffuse malignant mesothelioma--sarcomatous type FUN FACTS ABOUT THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:Why Do I Yawn?When you are sleepy
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Change: Lung cancer normally takes many years to develop. Incidence tends to peaks between the ages of 55 and 65 years. The changes in the lung
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Change: Respiratory Disease Lung diseases are conditions that occur within the lungs. Respiratory or lung diseases include asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many others. According to the American Lung Association: every year nearly 335,000 Americans die of lung disease. lung disease is the number three
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Change: the mucous membrane of the larynx swells and becomes inflammed. If often leads to hoarseness and even loss of voice completely. It can be caused
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Apr 22 2009, 4:29 PM EDT
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Change: inflammation of air passages of the lungs which makes breathing difficult and painful. The inflammation may be caused by inhalation of respiratory irritants, smoking, and
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Change: out pocket sacs called alveoli (different from alveolar sacs). The thin wall covered with these alveolus sacs used to promote diffusion of gases between alveolus and
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Apr 20 2009, 2:35 PM EDT
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Change: is used more6. What is the cause of hic-ups?a. A spasm in the diaphramb. Something you atec. None of thesed. Both of these7. a. b. c. d. 8. a. b. c. d. 9. a. b. c. d. 10. a. b. c. d.
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Change: Why does the left lung have only two primary bronchii branches?a. It's lazyb. The right lung is an over achieverc. The heart occupies space, making the left lung slightly smallerd. The right lung is used more6. a. b. c. d. 7. a. b. c. d.
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Change: Sneezing is like a cough in the upper breathing passages. It is the body's way of removing an irritant from the sensitive mucous membranes of
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Change: that are out of whack? If you said carbon dioxide levels you are correct. Let's take a look now at what the respiratory system consists: There are 2 tracts of the respiratory system: Upper respiratory system Lower respiratory system It also can be divided into
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Change: , as seen in this video and drawing.A segment of the chest wall that is flail is unable to contribute to lung expansion. Because of the decreased ventilation, and because the underlying lung will have contusions, this can be a life-threatening condition.-NERVES WITHIN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEMWith the
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Change: This is a chronic condition where the airways experience episodes of bronchoconstriction, coughing, weezing, SOB, and excess pulmonary mucous. This is due to a constriction
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Change: Know a few conditions/diseases of the respiratory system Know how the respiratory system developes IntroductionThe respiratory system provides the means for gas exchange required in living cells. Examples: Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen.
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Change: or terminal alveoli, also we see the covering of a mucous sac called pulmonary surfactant which keeps the alveoli cells open. After birth and continuing until we become eight years old we build more and more alveoli cells until we reach 300 to 400 million cells. Case StudyNormal
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Change: With the respiratory system there are two types of nerve innervations going on. In the first one, sympathetic innervation the sympathetic nerve open up and
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Change: which connect between the superior rib inferomedially to the adjecent inferior rib making the ribs elevate upon contraction of this muscle. For experation there are different muscles involved: the internal intercostal muscles which lie deep to the external intercostal muscles and
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Change: The Gates Foundation gets involved in anti-smoking campaigns. GlossaryNKSSE- Nonkeratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium PCCE- Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar EpitheliumLRT- Lower Respiratory Tract Connections to other body systems Review Questions1. Why do the bronchi not collapse during inspiration?*a. Cartilangious bandsb. Fibrous bandsc.
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