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V Group Ch 8 Xanthines + Ch 9 Mucus- Controlling Drugs

Across
Example is pursed lip breathing. This technique increases expiratory flow and may improve the distribution of ventilation throughout the lungs, via collateral intrabronchiolar channels.
Group of enzymes that change intracellular signaling
Chemical group of drugs derived from xanthine. There are 3 methylated xanthines; caffeine, theophylline and theobromine.
Rheologic property characteristic of solids; it is represented by the storage of modulus G' (energy storage)
Theochron, Elixophyllin, Theo-24
Sugar that is the individual carbohydrate unit of glycoproteins.
Technique involves a combination of breathing control thoracic expansion control, and forced exhalation from progressive increasing lung volumes.
Secretion from surface goblet cells and submucosal glands composed of water, proteins, and glycosylated mucins.
Choledyl 5
Macromolecular description of pseudoplastic material having both viscosity and elasticity.
Lufylin
Med meant to increase the volume or hydration of airway secretions
Choledyl SA
Also called the periciliary layer; it is the weak gel containing attached mucins that bathes the beating cilia and usually separates that mucus layer from the epithelial surface.
Down
The principal constituents of mucus and a high molecular-weight glycoprotein that gives mucus its physical properties, such as viscoelasticity.
Device inflates the lungs with positive pressure followed by a negative pressure to simulate a cough
Medications that degrades polymers in secretions. Classic mucolytic degrade mucin, and peptide mucolytics break pathologic filaments of DNA or actin in sputum.
Purulent material in the airways. From the greek word for inflammation.
Drugs that reduce the volume of airway mucus secretion and appear to be especially effective in hypersecretory states, such as bronchorrhea, diffuse panbronchitis, and some forms of asthma.
Progressively increase airflow to move secretions without forced exhalation.
Hyperosmolar 7% Saline
Expectorated phlegm that contains respiratory tract, oropharyngeal, and nasopharyngeal secretions, bacteria, and products of inflammation, including polymeric DNA and actin.
Study of the deformation and flow of matter in response to applied stress.