Respiratory Vocab

An inflammation of the vocal folds that can produce a change in voice, hoarseness, or inability to speak above a whisper.

• pleurisy

• laryngitis

• hypoxia

• asphyxia

The presence of air in the intrapleural space is called a __________.

• larynx

• pharynx

• pneumothorax

• glottis

The branching air passageways inside the lungs

• alveoli

• laryngitis

• epiglottis

• bronchioles

The space that connects the nasal cavity and mouth to the larynx and esophagus.

• pharynx

• larynx

• epiglottis

• glottis

The opening between the vocal cords in the larynx

• bronchi

• otolaryngologist

• nasopharynx

• glottis

The procedure in which the air in a person's own lungs is used to expel and obstruction.

• pneumothorax

• respiratory mucosa

• heimlich maneuver

• pleurisy

The microscopic air sacs of the lungs where gas exchange takes place

• alveoli

• bronchi

• bronchioles

• lungs

Provides an open airway and acts as a switching mechanism to route air and food into proper channels. AKA: Voice Box

• trachea

• pharynx

• larynx

• esophagus

Ciliated, columnar epithelium that contains goblet cells and is richly supplied with mucous and serous glands.

• lungs

• respiratory mucosa

• hypoxia

• pleurisy

A disorder that results in inflammation of the pleurae as a result of pneumonia.

• pleurisy

• laryngitis

• asthma

• bronchitis