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Notes

Topic/Objective: Lower Respiratory

Name: Ben

Disease: General System Overview

Page(s): 12-13

Disease Process/Overview:

Questions:

Notes:

Right main-stem
bronchus

Shorter, wider and straighter than the left

Aspiration is more likely in the right lung
Intubation usually goes through the right as its straighter

Surfactant

Helps keep alveoli open

lipoprotein that lowers the surface tension in the alveoli (reduces the
amount of pressure; decreases tendency of the alveoli to collapse)

Problems that affect

the lower respiratory
system:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Summary:

Asthma
Emphysema
Chronic Bronchitis
Cystic Fibrosis