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Chapter 10, Problem 1TC
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The reason that enlarged tonsils and adenoids cause the problem of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
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OSA is a disorder of sleepiness. It makes an individual to have slow and difficult breathing while sleeping. This occurs due to narrowing and sometimes blocking of the muscles of the air passage or the narrowing of smooth muscles of the respiratory tract or by the enlargement of the adenoids and the tonsils. It can cause snoring, restlessness, sleepiness during day time and many other problems. If left untreated it may prove to be really harmful.
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Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 10.1 - Trace the path of air from the nasal cavities to...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 10.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 1CYP
Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.2 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.3 - Explain how the alveoli increase the efficiency of...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 1BTSCh. 10.3 - Prob. 2BTSCh. 10.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 10.4 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.4 - Discuss what effect insufficient expiration might...Ch. 10.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.5 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 10.5 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.5 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 10.6 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.6 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.6 - Prob. 3LOCh. 10.6 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 10.6 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.6 - Detail the influence of PO2Â on both external and...Ch. 10.7 - Prob. 1LOCh. 10.7 - Prob. 2LOCh. 10.7 - Prob. 3LOCh. 10.7 - Prob. 1.1BTHCh. 10.7 - Prob. 1.2BTHCh. 10.7 - Prob. 2.1BTHCh. 10.7 - Prob. 2.2BTHCh. 10.7 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 10.7 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 10.7 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 10 - Prob. 1ACh. 10 - Prob. 2ACh. 10 - Prob. 3ACh. 10 - Prob. 4ACh. 10 - Prob. 5ACh. 10 - Prob. 6ACh. 10 - Prob. 7ACh. 10 - Prob. 8ACh. 10 - Prob. 9ACh. 10 - Prob. 10ACh. 10 - Prob. 11ACh. 10 - Prob. 12ACh. 10 - Prob. 13ACh. 10 - Prob. 14ACh. 10 - Prob. 15ACh. 10 - 1. Children may also suffer from obstructive sleep...Ch. 10 - Explain the expression “The food went down the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 3TCCh. 10 - Prob. 4TCCh. 10 - Prob. 5TC
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