Lung Anatomy

Question 1

What are the 3 muscles in Upper respiratory tract?

Answer 1

Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx

Question 2

What are the three muscles in the lower respiratory tract?

Answer 2

Trachea, primary bronchi, lungs

Question 3

What is part of the conducting zone?

Answer 3

Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles

Question 4

What is the respiratory zone?

Answer 4

Deep inside the lungs made up of the respiratory bronchioles, alvelor ducts and alveoli

Question 5

Name the lobes on the right side of the lung.

Answer 5

Superior, middle and inferior

Question 6

Name the lobes on the left side of the lung

Answer 6

Superior and Inferior

Question 7

What is the trachea

Answer 7

Fibrocartilaginous tube. Extends between the larynx and thorax. Innervation is pulmonary plexus.

Question 8

What is bronchi and bronchioles?

Answer 8

First bronchi branch from trachea. Branches continue until they reach the final generation of bronchi (bronchioles). They are too small to be supported by cartilage.

Question 9

What bronchi is more vertical?

Answer 9

The right meaning you will more likely aspriate into the right lung.

Question 10

What is Alveoli?

Answer 10

Where gas exchange occurs. Increase the surface area for gas exchange. The balance of expansion and recoil determines the size of the alveoli.

Question 11

What is the Hilium?

Answer 11

The point at which various structures enter and exit the lungs is surrounded by pleura.

Question 12

What is the arterial circuit?

Answer 12

Arises from the main pulmonary artery arising from the right ventricle.

Question 13

What is the venous circuit?

Answer 13

Begins with the venules that drain the capillaries. Drain into the left atrium