HOSA FLASHCARDS

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What is a membrane lined cavity behind the nose?

Pharynx

What is the hollow muscle that forms your airway?

Larynx

What helps get air to your lungs?

Trachea

What conducts air into the lungs?

Bronchi

What are many tiny air sacs called?

Alveoli

What are flaps of cartilage of the roof of your tongue?

Epiglottis

What is the large air filled space behind your nose called?

Nasal Cavity

What are the sides of your nose called?

Turbinates

What is the sinus behind your eyebrows?

Frontal Sinus

What is the dividing wall of the nose called?

Nasal Septum

What is the membrane between the lungs called?

Mediastinum

What is the inflammation of the bronchi?

Bronchitis

What is the shortness of breath called?

Emphysema

What is it called when the nasal cavity becomes inflated?

Sinusitis

What is the viral infection of the nose and throat called?

common cold

What is a flu that is a highly contagious viral infection?

Influenza

What is it called when air leaks into space between lungs?

pneumothorax

What is a infectious bacteria disease growth called?

Tuberculosis

What nerve originates in the neck?

Phrenic Nerves