Lungs

Question 1

pleural cavity

Answer 1

the potential space between the two pleura (visceral and parietal) of the lungs

Question 2

what happens if air enters the pleural cavity?

Answer 2

collapsed lung

Question 3

visceral pleura

Answer 3

attached directly to the lungs and adjoining structures. Lack of sensory innervation (not highly sensitive to pain)

Question 4

parietal pluera

Answer 4

attached to the wall of the thoracic cavity and innervated by the intercostal nerves and phrenic nerve

Question 5

trachea

Answer 5

windpipe, which divides into smaller bronchi.

Question 6

bronchi

Answer 6

major airways branching off the trachea into the vertebrate lung

Question 7

Mediastinum

Answer 7

central compartment of the thoracic cavity. It contains the heart. (center of the chest)

Question 8

diagpragm

Answer 8

sheet of muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities in mammals responsible for breathing

Question 9

phrenic nerve

Answer 9

controls the diaphragm, cervical nerves 3,4,5 are what allow for this phrenic nerve to work