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What happens as you age?
Changes in the chest - ANSWER✔✔ diminished chest expansion
What happens as you age?
Bones - ANSWER✔✔ become thinner & osteoporosis
What happens as you age?
Alveoli - ANSWER✔✔ lose their shape
What happens as you age?
Cough - ANSWER✔✔ Diminished cough reflex
What happens as you age?
Brain - ANSWER✔✔ less sensitive to hypoxia and hypercapnia
Hypercapnia - ANSWER✔✔ excessive carbon dioxide in blood
,Common significant deviations of the chest for older adults include - ANSWER✔✔
-marked dorsal curvature
-kyphosis
-increased AP diameter of chest [barrel chest]
-diminished chest expansion
As we age, bones become - ANSWER✔✔ -thinner
-more rigid
-change shape
-muscles may become weakened
As we age, bones become thinner, more rigid, change shape and muscles may
become weakened - ANSWER✔✔ this results in lower oxygen level w less CO2
removed from body & decreased ability to cough
Osteoporosis causes - ANSWER✔✔ decreased thoracic vertebrae height
Aging also causes the - ANSWER✔✔ alveoli to lose shape causing SOB
,As we age,
Due to diminished cough reflex with - ANSWER✔✔ decreased sensitivity, large
amounts of particles that are more difficult to expectorate can collect in lungs
Expectorate - ANSWER✔✔ to spit
In addition, as we age
The brain - ANSWER✔✔ less sensitive to hypoxia [low oxygen & hypercapnia
[higher than normal CO2] & higher residual volume
As we age,
the brain is less sensitive to hypoxia [low oxygen & hypercapnia [higher than
normal CO2] & higher residual volume - ANSWER✔✔ as a result, older persons
are at increased risk for pneumonia and bronchitis
Lung - ANSWER✔✔ two cone-shaped, elastic structure suspended within thoracic
cavity
Lung are - ANSWER✔✔ paired; not completely symmetric
Right lung - ANSWER✔✔ 3 lobes [upper, middle, lower]
, Left lung - ANSWER✔✔ 2 lobes [upper and lower]
The apex of each lung - ANSWER✔✔ extended slightly above clavicle
The base of each lung - ANSWER✔✔ at level of diaphragm
The thoracic cavity contains - ANSWER✔✔ -nasopharynx
-larynx
-trachea
-bronchi
-bronchioles
-alveoli
The thoracic cavity is - ANSWER✔✔ lined by thin, double-layered serous
membrane collectively called pleural membrane
Assessment of respiratory system:
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