Oxygenation

Question 1

what are factors that affect the respiratory system

Answer 1

weight, activity, inactivity, infection…

Question 2

what does lung compliance mean?

Answer 2

ease of inflation

Question 3

what does airway resistance mean

Answer 3

ease for air to pass through the respiratory system

Question 4

hypoxia

Answer 4

amount of o2 in tissues/organs

Question 5

hypoxemia

Answer 5

amount of o2 in the blood

Question 6

levels of what tell our body to breathe faster or slower?

Answer 6

co2, o2, ph

Question 7

hypercarbia

Answer 7

too much co2 in body

Question 8

what does thick sputum indicate?

Answer 8

dehydration

Question 9

what is crepitus?

Answer 9

air trapped under the skin