Chapter 8 Terminology

Question 1

Consists of the mouth, nose, sinuses, and pharynx

Answer 1

Upper airway

Question 2

The structure is further divided into the nasopharynx and oropharynx

Answer 2

Pharynx

Question 3

Back of the nose

Answer 3

Nasopharynx

Question 4

Back of the mouth

Answer 4

Oropharynx

Question 5

Nostrils

Answer 5

Nares

Question 6

This is what divides the nasal passages

Answer 6

Nasal septum

Question 7

Divides the nasal cavity from mouth which sits beneath it

Answer 7

Hard palate

Question 8

Air filled spaces named for the facial bones within which they are located. These include the maxillary, frontal, ethmoidal, and sphenoidal sinuses

Answer 8

Sinus cavities

Question 9

Tiny hairs within the nasal cavity to help filter the air by removing debris

Answer 9

Cilia

Question 10

The rich blood supply of all of these structures

Answer 10

What warms the air as it goes through the air passageways?

Question 11

Mucus membranes that line these structures

Answer 11

What contributes moisture to the air that we breathe?

Question 12

Acts as a doorway to the trachea and serves a vital protective function by opening to let air in and closing to keep out food and fluid

Answer 12

Epiglottis

Question 13

Approximately 5 in long and gets its shape and strength from the numerous rings of cartilage. It separates the upper and lower airways

Answer 13

Trachea

Question 14

As air flows through the tracheal entrance it passes through this structure that vibrates to create sound when we talk

Answer 14

Larynx

Question 15

Consists of the bronchi and lungs

Answer 15

Lower airway

Question 16

Lobes, the right lung has three lobes, and the left lung has two

Answer 16

What are the lungs divided into?

Question 17

The lungs are covered with these two thin membranes

Answer 17

Pleurae

Question 18

Lies directly on the lungs

Answer 18

Visceral pleura

Question 19

Lines the inner wall of the thorax

Answer 19

Parietal pleura

Question 20

Lies within the intrapleural space (between the membranes), sometimes called potential space

Answer 20

Pleural fluid

Question 21

The elastic quality that allows the lungs to expand and contract

Answer 21

Recoil

Question 22

Microscopic sized air sacs. They expand like tiny balloons during inspiration or inhalation when air enters and fills them. They contract and partially deflate during expiration.

Answer 22

Alveoli

Question 23

Excess carbon dioxide leaves the capillaries and moves into the air space within the alveoli and then is exhaled. Oxygen moves from the airspace in the alveoli into the capillary blood and then his distributed to various parts of the body.

Answer 23

Oxygen exchange

Question 24

Taking oxygen into our lungs

Answer 24

Inhalation

Question 25

Breathing out

Answer 25

Exhalation

Question 26

7.35-7.45 slightly alkaline

Answer 26

pH scale for blood