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Write the medical term used to describe: Lack of breathing
Apnea
Write the medical term used to describe: Difficulty with breathing
Dyspnea
Write the medical term used to describe: high blood carbon dioxide
Hypercapnia
What does Atelectasis mean?
collapse of the lung
What is the name of the respiratory system that maintains the acid-base balance?
Bicarbonate buffer system
Write the medical term used to describe: Excess of base
Alkalosis
Write the medical term used to describe: Excess of acid
Acidosis
What is the respiratory response versus Alkalosis?
Bradypnea (This reduction in breathing leads to the retention of carbon dioxide, which combines with water in the body to form carbonic acid >Bicarbonate>H+
What is the respiratory response versus Acidosis?
Tachypnea increased ventilation leads to the elimination of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the body through the lungs. Carbonic acid>H2O>CO2
Is Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis an allergy or an autoimmune disease?
Allergy
What triggers Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP)?
Occupational risk (metals, moist, bird droppings or feathers).
Most common etiology of pulmonary tuberculosis ____________
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Etiology of cystic fibrosis
Mutation of CFTR gene
