Respiratory Syst. (22)

Question 1

How is it divided structurally

Answer 1

Upper and lower tracts

Question 2

How is it divided functionally

Answer 2

Conducting zone and respiratory zone

Question 3

Branched out tubes that conduct air into the lungs

Answer 3

Bronchial tree

Question 4

Vocal cords that produce sounds

Answer 4

True vocal cords

Question 5

Cords that don’t make sound; hold air in

Answer 5

False vocal cords

Question 6

Moistens, warms, and filters air

Answer 6

Nasal cavity

Question 7

Conducts air into the bronchi

Answer 7

Trachea

Question 8

Prevents food and liquid from entering the lungs

Answer 8

Epiglottis

Question 9

Site of gas exchange

Answer 9

Alveoli

Question 10

Contains vocal cords

Answer 10

Larynx

Question 11

Passageway for food and air

Answer 11

Pharynx

Question 12

Passageway for food and air

Answer 12

Pharynx

Question 13

Opening to the pharynx

Answer 13

Internal nares

Question 14

Anterior portion of the nose (internal)

Answer 14

Nasal vestibule

Question 15

Secretes mucous to trap particles and moisten air

Answer 15

Olfactory epithelium

Question 16

Nasal projections

Answer 16

Conchae

Question 17

Divided nasal cavity into right and left sides

Answer 17

Nasal septum

Question 18

Opening to nasal cavity

Answer 18

External nares

Question 19

Grooves in the nose

Answer 19

Meatuses

Question 20

Tissue found in the superior nasal conchae

Answer 20

Respiratory epithelium

Question 21

Divisions of the pharynx (3)

Answer 21

Nasopharynx (nose); oropharynx (mouth); laryngopharynx (throat)

Question 22

What is the purpose of the c-rings in the trachea?

Answer 22

Protection and to prevent collapse

Question 23

What muscle is found in the posterior aspect of the trachea?

Answer 23

Trachealis muscle

Question 24

What’s the difference between a pneumothorax and atelectasis?

Answer 24

Pneumothorax occurs when there is air in the pleural cavity and the chest cavity fills with air
Atelectasis occurs when part or the whole lung collapses

Question 25

Each lung is surrounded my a ______ membrane

Answer 25

Pleural

Question 26

Place the following in order of largest to smallest on the bronchial tree Respiratory bronchiole, secondary bronchi, terminal bronchi, alveolar duct, primary bronchi, tertiary bronchi

Answer 26

Primary b., secondary b., tertiary b., respiratory bronchiole, terminal bronchiole, alveolar duct

Question 27

Why does the left lung only have 2 lobes while the right lung has 3? And what are the lobes on each lung?

Answer 27

The left lung has to make room for the heart to sit. The left has a superior and inferior lobe while the right has a superior, middle, and inferior lobe

Question 28

Where is the exact site of gas exchange?

Answer 28

Alveoli walls

Question 29

This cartilage forms inferior to the larynx

Answer 29

Cricoid cartilage

Question 30

Narrow passageway through the larynx

Answer 30

Glottis

Question 31

Horn shaped cartilage

Answer 31

Corniculate cartilage

Question 32

Connects thyroid cartilage to hyoid bone

Answer 32

Thyrohyoid membrane

Question 33

Used to produce sounds

Answer 33

Vocal fold

Question 34

Connects cricoid cartilage to first tracheal cartilage

Answer 34

Cricotracheal ligament

Question 35

Connects cricoid cartilage to first tracheal cartilage

Answer 35

Cricotracheal ligament

Question 36

Found on the posterior/ superior border of the cricoid cartilage

Answer 36

Arytenoid cartilage

Question 37

Found on the posterior/ superior border of the cricoid cartilage

Answer 37

Arytenoid cartilage

Question 38

Connects cricoid cartilage to thyroid cartilage

Answer 38

Cricothyroid ligament

Question 39

Largest cartilage

Answer 39

Thyroid cartilage

Question 40

When is a tracheotomy preformed

Answer 40

When there is an obstruction above the larynx

Question 41

Composed of the capillary and alveolar wall; site of gas exchange

Answer 41

Respiratory membrane

Question 42

Secrete pulmonary surfactant (alveolar sac)

Answer 42

Type II alveolar cell

Question 43

Form walls of alveolar sac

Answer 43

Type I alveolar cell

Question 44

Immune cells (alveolar sac)

Answer 44

Alveolar macrophage

Question 45

Type of surfactant that helps keep alveoli from sticking to each other and collapsing

Answer 45

Pulmonary surfactant

Question 46

The ____ is the portion of the lung tissue that each tertiary bronchus supplies

Answer 46

Branchopulmonary segment

Question 47

Three processes of respiration

Answer 47

Pulmonary ventilation External respiration Internal respiration

Question 48

What is pulmonary ventilation

Answer 48

Breathing in general Inhalation and exhalation

Question 49

What is external respiration

Answer 49

The gas exchange in the LUNGS

Question 50

What is internal respiration

Answer 50

The gas exchange in the TISSUES

Question 51

What are the two major respiratory centers located in the brain

Answer 51

Medulla and pons

Question 52

What does the outgrowth that forms below the pharynx during fetal development called?

Answer 52

Respiratory diverticulum

Question 53

The ENDOtherm of the respiratory diverticulum form

Answer 53

Epi tissues of trachea, bronchi, and alveoli