The Breathing Process
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1. small hairs that trap large dirt particles at
the front of the nares
2. breathing in
3. air passages that separate from the
windpipe
4. name for breathing
5. AKA the throat
6. dome-shaped muscle is located just below
the lungs and heart
7. air sacs of lungs
8. flap of cartilage lying behind the tongue
9. the voice box
10. breathing out
11. cone-shaped organs contained in the
thoracic cavity
12. slippery membrane covering of the lungs
13. smaller subdivisions of the bronchi
14. space between the lungs
15. the physical and chemical process by which
the body supplies its cells and tissues with
oxygen
16. tube-like passageway AKA the windpipe
17. nostrils

The nurse in a gynecology clinic is completing preoperative teaching for a patient scheduled for an abdominal hysterectomy next week. the patient states that she is currently taking 325 mg of aspirin daily for chronic joint pain, along with multivitamin. the patient has type 2 diabetes; she closely monitors her blood glucose levels. currently she is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. the nurse advises her to ask the anesthesiologist whether she should take this medication the morning of surgery. q1. the nurse instructs the patient to stop taking the aspirin. what is the rationale for this action. q2. why is it important to assess the patient of use of herbal products prior to surgery. q3. the patient asks how surgery could affect her blood glucose; how should the nurse respond?