Respiratory system and disorders

What structure is a passageway for both food and air?

• Pharynx
• Bronchus
• Trachea
• Larynx

MOST respiratory disorders are causes by:

• Infection
• Lack of exercise
• Heredity
• Poor circulation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Mr. Arnot is a heavy smoker with a chronic cough, bluish tint to his skin, and a barrel chest. He MOST LIKELY suffers from:

• Emphysema
• Epistaxis
• Tuberculosis
• Pleurisy

What statement is true about lung cancer?

• The prognosis is good.
• Treatment includes hormone therapy and blood transfusions.
• IT is the leading cause of cancer death in men and women.
• Second hand smoke rarely contributes to the development of lung cancer.

C.O.P.D : Is a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breath.

• False 
• True

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

which one could be a symptom of C.O.P.D ?

• hallucinations 
• dizziness
• shortness of breath 
• Chronic ache 

Diseases like asthma, emphysema, bronchitis are categorized with C.O.P.D 

• True
• False 

Infection of the lungs where alveoli are flooded with bacteria and WBCs:

• pneumonia

• pleuritis/pleurisy

• Roarers

• pulmonary edema

Inelasticity of the lungs due to chronic inflammation and scarring of the lung tissue:

• pleuritis/pleurisy

• pneumothorax

• pneumonia

• emphysema

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Disease characterized by inflamed, narrow airways that make it difficult for air to pass through.

• COPD

• Pulmonary Edema

• Pneumothorax

• Asthma