Respiratory System Flashcards
Barbara Herlihy. (2020). The Human Body in Health and Illness (7th Edition) [Texidium version]. Retrieved from http://texidium.com (344 cards)
Which system delivers oxygen-rich air into the body and excretes carbon dioxide–rich air from the body?
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Respiratory
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Which system filters and humidifies inhaled air?
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Respiratory
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Which system regulates acid-base balance?
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Respiratory
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Which system produces and modulates various sounds, including the voice?
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Respiratory
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Which system houses the olfactory (smell) chemoreceptors?
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Respiratory
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Which tract contains the respiratory organs located outside the chest cavity: the nose and nasal cavities, pharynx, larynx, and upper trachea?
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Upper
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Which respiratory tract consists of organs located in the chest cavity: the lower trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli?
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Lower
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Where are the lower parts of the bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli?
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Lungs
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Which respiratory tract includes the pleural membranes and the muscles that form the chest cavity?
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Lower
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What is the movement of air through the respiratory passages?
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Conduction
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What are the tiny air sacs located at the distal ends of the respiratory passages?
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Alveoli
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What is concerned with oxygen and carbon dioxide (respiratory gas) exhange - between air and blood across the pulmonary capillaries walls?
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Alveoli
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What are the two nose portions?
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External
Internal
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Which nose portion forms part of the face?
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External
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What is the internal nose portion?
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Nasal Cavity
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Which partition, made of bone and cartilage, separates the nasal cavity into right and left halves?
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Septum
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Where does air enter the nasal cavities?
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Nostrils
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What filters large dust particles that might otherwise be inhaled in the nostrils?
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Hair
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What contains the receptor cells for the sense of smell?
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Nasal Cavities
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Which receptors are responsible for covering the mucous membrane of the upper parts of the nasal cavities and a portion of the nasal septum?
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Olfactory
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What are the bony projections that appear on the lateral walls of the nasal cavities?
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Conchae
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What increases the surface area of the nasal cavities and supports the ciliated mucous membranes that line the nasal cavities?
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Conchae
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Which membranes contain many blood vessels and mucus-secreting cells?
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Mucus
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What warms and moistens air while sticky mucus traps dust, pollen, and other small particles, thereby cleansing the air as it is inhaled?
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Blood
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