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Essential Question:
NHLBI Goals
What does NHLBI stand for?
- Want to understand normal biological functions and
resilience
- Investigate factors that account for differences in heat
among population
- Develop and optimize novel diagnostics and therapeutic
strategies to prevent, treat, and cure HLB diseases
- Further develop diversify and sustain a scientific
workforce capable of accomplishing the NHLBI mission
What does the NHLBI
specialize in?
3/22/18
Respiratory System
- There are two parts in the Respiratory System, the
Upper and Lower
- The Respiratory System's main function is to take in
oxygen and expel carbon dioxide. It does this by working
What is the respiratory in tandem with other systems
system?
Respiratory Disease
- Respiratory disease can affect the Upper and Lower and
can be mild to life threatening
- Virus: Common cold
- COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- The most common Respiratory Disease is Asthma
Upper respiratory
- Superior
- Larynx, pharynx, and nose
- This system mainly consists of airways
Lower respiratory
- Anterior
- Trachea, lungs, bronchi, alveoli
Summary:
The respiratory system is made up of the larynx, pharynx, nose, trachea, lungs, bronchi, and alveoli. The
circulatory system consists of three independent systems that work together. It has the heart, lungs, arteries,
veins, coronary and portal vessels. The system is responsible for the flow of blood, nutrients, oxygen and other
gases, and as well as hormones to and from cells. The organization my partner and I are choosing is the NHLBI.