Respiratory System Flashcards
(32 cards)
What is in the Upper Respiratory Tract?
The Nose, the Nasal Passage, the Pharynx, the Larynx, and the Trachea.
What is the Larynx?
The Voice Box.
What is the Trachea?
The Wind Pipe.
What are the Nares?
The Nostrils.
What are the Nasal Septum?
A Midline Divider That Separates the Left Nasal Passage From the Right.
What are Turbinate (Nasal Conchae)?
They are Thin, Scroll-like Bones Covered with Nasal Epithelium That Occupy Most of the Lumen of the Nasal Passages.
What is a Nasal Meatus?
The Three Main Passageways in the Nasal Passage.
What are Paranasal Sinuses?
Usually Just Called Sinuses, They are Outpouchings of the Nasal Passages That are Contained Within Spaces in Certain Skull Bones.
What are the Major Cartilages in the Common Animal Species?
A Single Epiglottis, the Paired Arytenoid Cartilages, the Single Thyroid Cartilage, and the Single Cricoid Cartilage.
What is the Glottis?
The Opening into the Larynx. The Arytenoid Cartilages and the Vocal Cords Form the Boundaries.
What are the False Vocal Cords, or Vestibular Folds?
They are Present in the Larynx in Addition to the Vocal Cords. They are a Second Set of Connective Tissue Bands in Nonruminant Animals.
How Does a Cough Happen?
The Glottis Suddenly Opens, and a Forceful Release of Air Leaves the Body.
What is the Bifurcation of the Trachea?
It Occurs at About the Level of the Base of the Heart. It Divides the Larynx Through the Neck Region into the Thorax. It Then Divides into the Two Main Bronchi.
What is in the Lower Respiratory Tract?
It Starts in the Bronchi, and Ends with the Alveoli. It Includes al the Air Passages in Between.
What is the Bronchial Tree?
They are Air Passageways that Leads From the Bronchi to the Alveoli.
What are Bronchioles?
They are the Smallest of the Bronchi in the Lungs.
What are Alveolar Ducts?
The Bronchioles Continue to Get Smaller and into the Smallest Air Passageways, the Alveolar Ducts.
What are Alveolar Sacs?
The Alveolar Ducts are in Groups of Alveoli Called this.
What is a Surfactant?
Each Alveolus is Lined with a Thin Layer of Fluid that Contains this Fluid.
What is the Diaphragm?
The Thin, Domelike Sheet of Muscle that Separates the Thoracic Cavity From the Abdominal Cavity.
What are Lobes?
They are What the Lungs are Subdivided into. They are Distinguished by Their Externally Visible Grooves and Clefts. Also Distinguishable by the Internal Major Branches of the Bronchi.
What Does the Term Pulmonary Mean?
The Lung.
What is the Thoracic Cavity?
It is the Thorax, or Chest Cavity.
What is the Pleura?
It is the Thin Membrane that Covers the Organs and Structures in the Thorax and Lines the Inside of the Thoracic Cavity.
