Chapter 13 & 14 Vocab

Question 1

sinus inflammation, is difficult to treat and can cause marked changes in voice quality

Answer 1

sinusitis

Question 2

roof of mouth

Answer 2

palate

Question 3

air is not properly moistened, warmed, or filtered reaching the lungs

Answer 3

Tonsillitis

Question 4

the cartilaginous organ located between the trachea and the pharynx; voice box

Answer 4

larynx

Question 5

the elastic cartilage at the back of the throat; covers the glottis during swallowing

Answer 5

epiglottis

Question 6

the windpipe; the respiratory tube extending from larynx to bronchi

Answer 6

trachea

Question 7

an air sac in the lungs

Answer 7

alveoli

Question 8

the smallest conducting passages in the lungs

Answer 8

bronchioles

Question 9

abnormal bronchial sounds produced by the presence of mucus or exudate in the lung passages or by thickening of the bronchial walls

Answer 9

Rales

Question 10

a condition in which inadequate oxygen is available to tissues

Answer 10

Hypoxia

Question 11

cessation of breathing, until the carbon dioxide builds up in the blood again

Answer 11

Apnea

Question 12

pattern of breathing in which excess carbon dioxide is exhaled in an effort to raise blood pH to its normal range

Answer 12

Hyperventilation

Question 13

walls of some alveoli are destroyed, causing the remaining alveoli to be enlarged

Answer 13

Emphysema

Question 14

the mucosa of the lower respiratory passages become severely inflamed and produces excess mucus

Answer 14

Chronic Bronchitis

Question 15

type of lung cancer; originates as solitary nodules in peripheral lung areas and develops form bronchial glands and alveolar cells

Answer 15

Adenocarcinoma

Question 16

continuous hollow muscular tube including all structures from mouth to anus

Answer 16

Gastrointestinal tract

Question 17

muscular tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Answer 17

esophagus

Question 18

the muscular tube extending from the posterior of the nasal cavities to the esophagus

Answer 18

pharynx

Question 19

on the left side of the abdominal cavity, nearly hidden by the liver and diaghram

Answer 19

stomach

Question 20

an enzyme capable of digesting proteins in an avid pH

Answer 20

pepsinogen

Question 21

the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum

Answer 21

jejunum

Question 22

the terminal part of the small intestine; between the jejunum and the cecum of the large intestine

Answer 22

ileum

Question 23

segment of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and large intestine, site where most absorption occurs

Answer 23

small intestine

Question 24

the first part of the small intestine

Answer 24

duodenum

Question 25

dry out the indigestible food residue by absorbing water and to eliminate these residues from the body as feces.

Answer 25

Large intestine

Question 26

first part of the large intestine

Answer 26

cecum

Question 27

inflammation of the appendix

Answer 27

appendicitis

Question 28

first set of teeth

Answer 28

deciduous teeth

Question 29

gland posterior to the stomach, between the spleen and the duodenum; produces both endocrine and exocrine secretions.

Answer 29

pancreas

Question 30

small, thin-walled green sac that snuggles in a shallow fossa in the inferior surface of the liver.

Answer 30

gallbladder