1)What is the anatomical reason that you are unable to breathe for a limited period of time once you swallow? How does this help to protect the lungs? 2)Polio causes a patient's intercostal muscles to be completely paralysed. What impact would this have on the patient's breathing?

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Q: What are the functions of the nose?

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Q: Through which mechanism does bronchiolitis cause destruction of alveoli

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Q: What is the purpose of the nasal passage? The nasal passage warms or cools air to body temperature…

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Q: What happens to the glottis and the pitch of the sound when the vocal cords are adducted? What…

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Q: how is food stopped from going into nasal cavity

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Q: How can a collapsed lung be re-expanded in a patient with a pneumothorax?

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Q: What is the function of the mucus secreted by the goblet cells?

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Q: How does the larynx function in respiration and voice production?

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Q: The pharynx phase during swallowing is __________________ and occurs when ___________ muscles…

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Q: What process is occurring when the soft palate and larynx elevate and the glottis closes?

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Q: Palpate two of your laryngeal cartilages and name them. Name the ones that are impossible to palpate…

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Q: The Valsalva maneuver is forced exhalation against a closed glottis. Howwould you demonstrate the…

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Q: What happens to the intraalveolar pressure during inhalation and exhalation

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Q: What is the name of the tiny sacs in the lungs where the lungs where the gas exchange occurs?

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Q: What is the function of the external nares, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx and the alveolar…

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Q: Describe two ways in which atmospheric air can enter thepleural cavity.

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Q: Is a collapsed lung functional? Why or why not?

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Q: which os these statement about the pharynx is true ? a. it extends from the nasal and oral cavities…

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Q: What area of the pharynx is the inferior portion

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Q: What is the purpose of the auditory tubes opening into the nasopharynx?

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Q: What organs are included in the Respiratory?

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Q: What is flail chest? Is this condition ever associated with a pneumothorax? What happens with…

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Q: State the function of the following structures: nasal mucosa   epiglottis nasal conchae paranasal…

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Q: Why is breathing through the mouth impossible while swallowing a food?

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Q: The choanae:     are the anatomical terms for nostrils.     can be found posterior to the nasal…

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Q: During palpation what would be the differentiating characteristics of tactile rhonchi, subcutaneous…

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Q: Define Laryngeal Musculature?

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Q: Why are the alveolar walls so thin?

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Q: what structure prevents food from entering the windpipe?

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Q: When people with epiglottitis get streptococcus ,does it also get to the pharynx too because of the…

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Q: How does your body adapt surface area-to-volume ratios to help the exchange of gasses?

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Q: How does the larynx assist in increasing abdominal pressure?

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Q: Which following organ is not part of the gastrointestinal tract? a-Gall bladder b-Tongue…

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Q: . Where are the bronchial tubes? What is their function? 2. What is the function of mucus? Why can…

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Q: Where do the mesonephric ducts empty?

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Q: Match the terms in column A with the descriptions in column B.   Column B1. potential space between…

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