respiratory system

Question 1

Thoracic Cavity

Answer 1

Anatomical appearance:

Function:
It contains the heart and lungs.

Question 2

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 2

Anatomical appearance:

Function:
It contains the digestive and urogenital organs.

Question 3

Diaphragm

Answer 3

Anatomical appearance:
The musculotendinous sheet that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.

Function:
Separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.

Question 4

Larynx

Answer 4

Anatomical appearance:
Commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck.

Function:
Involved in breathing, producing sound, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

Question 5

Trachea and Bronchi

Answer 5

Anatomical appearance:
A tube extending from the Larynx

Function:
The air passage is kept open by C-shaped rings. The rings are incomplete on the dorsal surface. Allows for the passage of air.

Question 6

Thyroid Gland

Answer 6

Anatomical appearance:
Dark brown gland on the ventral surface fo the trachea.

Function:
Is part of the endocrine system, not the respiratory system. produces thyroxine and triiodothyronine hormones

Question 7

Lung

Answer 7

Anatomical appearance:
The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system
Largest respiratory organ.

Function:
Extracts oxygen from the atmosphere and transfer it into the bloodstream, and to release carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the atmosphere.