| A | B |
| When oxygen is obtained from the environment into the body's cells | respiration |
| The phases of respiration | Pulmonary Ventilation + external and internal gas exchange |
| The 2 phases of pulmonary ventilation | inspiration and expiration |
| When gas moves from higher concentration to lower concentration | diffusion |
| The area of the brain that regulates the respiratory center | Medulla Oblongata |
| Difficulty breathing | dyspnea |
| having difficulty breathing in a supine, (laying down)positiion | orthopnea |
| rapid, fast breathing that you witness after running | tachypnea |
| Deep, fast breathing pattern common in diabetics when pH decreases; a form of hyperventilation | Kussmaul's Respiration |
| Blueness to the skin resulting from lack of oxygen | cyanosis |
| Something causing cessation of breathing | Suffocation |
| When the body expereinces low oxygen in the blood, common among severe anemic victims | hypoxia |
| Another name for the common cold | Coryza |
| Most common viral respiratory tract infection that affects infants and young children. | Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), |
| A bacterial disease caused by an infectious bacillus mycobacterium. Grows in the lungs causing a communicable infection. | TB Tuberculosis |
| An inflammatory condition of the uopper respiratory tract that accompanies symptoms of aches and pains in the body | Influenza |
| A respiratory condition caused bya a virus that may be carried by a health perso in the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. | Pneumonia |
| A respiratory condition causing wheezing when patient breaths caused by the airways constriction. | asthma |
| Another name for "crib death" | SIDS sudden infant death syndrome |
| The volume and capacity that makes up the total lung capacity (TLC) | Vital Capacity (VC) + Reserve Volume (RV) |
| The volume of air in the lungs at the end of a full inspiration | vital capacity (VC) |
| the instrument used to view inside the lungs | bronchoscope |