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The Respiratory System: Anatomy & Physiology Review

The document provides an overview of the respiratory system and asks questions about pneumonia. It includes a labeled diagram of the respiratory system showing key structures like the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, and alveoli. It also notes that pneumonia occurs when microorganisms overwhelm the body's defenses in the lower respiratory tract.

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The Respiratory System: Anatomy & Physiology Review

The document provides an overview of the respiratory system and asks questions about pneumonia. It includes a labeled diagram of the respiratory system showing key structures like the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, and alveoli. It also notes that pneumonia occurs when microorganisms overwhelm the body's defenses in the lower respiratory tract.

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1244 Unit 10 Promoting Physiological Health

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW


The Respiratory System

The larynx, trachea,


bronchi, and lungs Larynx
with an expanded
view showing the Trachea
structures of an Right lung
alveolus and the
pulmonary blood Left lung

vessels. Right upper


lobe (RUL)
From Medical Terminology: Left bronchus
A Word-Building Approach,
7th ed. (Figure 11.5), by J. Right
Rice, 2012, Upper Saddle bronchus
River, NJ: Pearson Educa-
Left upper
tion, Inc. Reproduced by lobe (LUL)
permission of Pearson Edu-
cation, Inc., Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey.

Right
middle
Indentation
lobe
for the
(RML) normal
placement
of the
heart Left lower
lobe (LLL)
Right
lower
lobe
(RLL)

Alveolar sacs

Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary vein

Capillaries

Alveolus

QUESTIONS present in the lower respiratory tract that may help the
1. Pneumonia occurs when microorganisms get into the client?
lower respiratory tract and overwhelm the body’s defenses. 3. The microorganisms have quickly multiplied and overpow-
Name at least two normal defense mechanisms present in ered the client’s defense mechanisms. The client has pneu-
the upper airway that help prevent microorganisms getting monia and the alveoli are filled with infectious fluid. How
into the lower respiratory tract. will this affect gas exchange at the respiratory or alveolar/
2. Microorganisms can travel past the upper respiratory capillary membrane?
tract defense mechanisms. What defense mechanisms are See student resource website for answers.

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