Title: Identify the structures and functions of the respiratory system.
Course: Radiologic Technology I (14105-I) > Section: Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology

Identification should include

- the process of pulmonary ventilation
- external and internal respiration
- the structure and function of organs of the respiratory system
- the pathway of gases
- the transportation of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood
- a comparison of air pressures
- the production of carbonic acid
- recognition of radiographic characteristics of the most common pathologies and how to compensate technical factors to accommodate.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is the chest radiograph the most common radiograph? Why is it the most difficult to read? Why is comparison with past films essential?
- What effects do post-radiation treatment, pneumonia, bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma have on a chest radiograph?
- Why is it important for the patient to take a double inspiration when the chest is being imaged?