test 3

Question 0

What is part of the lower respiratory tract

Answer 0

Trachea, Bronchus,bronchiole, Terminal Bronchiole, respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveoli

Question 1

What is part of the upper respiratory tract

Answer 1

nose, nasal cavity, pharynx(throat), larynx

Question 2

What is in the respiratory zone

Answer 2

Respiratory bronchiole, alveolar ducts and alveoli

Question 3

what is the function of the nose and nasal cavity

Answer 3

humidify, warm, and cleanse the inhaled air

Question 4

What is the structure of the nose

Answer 4

Paired nasal bones (hard bones)
Hyaline cartilage
Paired nostrils (nares) are composed of dense regular ct

Question 5

What is the structure of the nasal cavity

Answer 5

an internal space
formed by nose anteriorly
Floor is the hard palate and soft palate
Roof is composed of nasal, frontal,ethmoid, and sphenoid bones
Nasal septum

Question 6

Structure of the nasal cavity

Answer 6

Internal space
Starts from nostrils and ends at choanae
Superior inferior and middle conchae for better turbulance
Nasal vestibule (inside of nose lined by skin and vibrissae or nasal hair)
Olfactory region-part of the roof
Respiratory region

Question 7

What is the pharynx

Answer 7

Throat

Question 8

What is the nasopharynx

Answer 8

Serves as an air passage way. Materials from the oral cavity and oropharynx are blocked from entering so no food or liquid should enter and is blocked by the soft palate.

Question 9

What is the nasopharynx

Answer 9

Serves as an air passage way. Materials from the oral cavity and oropharynx is blocked from entering the nasopharynx by the soft palate.

Question 10

How does the soft palate block the nasopharynx

Answer 10

it elevates during swallowing

Question 11

what tonsils are located in the nasopharynx

Answer 11

pharangeal

Question 12

What equalizes pressure

Answer 12

two openings of the pharyngotympanic tubes from middle ears

Question 13

where is the oropharynx located

Answer 13

posterior to the oral cavity from the level of the soft palate to the hynoid bone

Question 14

What is the fx of the oropharynx

Answer 14

Serves as a passageway for air and food.

Contains palantine tonsils and lingual tonsils

Question 15

What is the location of the laryngopharynx

Answer 15

posterior to the epiglottis

Question 16

What is the fx of the laryngopharynx

Answer 16

serves as a passageway for air and food.

Question 17

what is the fx of larynx

Answer 17

Voice box -air passageway. no food.

Question 18

functions of the larynx

Answer 18

elevates during swallowing
produces sound when air passes thru vocal cords
assists increasing pressure in adominal cavity when epiglottis covers larynx
Participates in sneeze and cough reflex

Question 19

what does increasing the pressure in the abdominal cavity assist with

Answer 19

to get rid of fecal material or urine or during childbirth

Question 20

the larynx is composed of 9 cartilages-what are they

Answer 20

Single thyroid 
epiglottis
cricoid
paired artenoid, 
paired corniculate
paired cuneiform

Question 21

Which of the 9 cartilages that make up the larynx is the largest

Answer 21

Thyroid cartilage

Question 22

What is the epiglottis made of

Answer 22

elastic cartilage

Question 23

What is the anterior part of the thyroid cartilage called

Answer 23

Adam’s apple (laryngeal prominence)

Question 24

What are vocal folds (vocal cords) composed of

Answer 24

Vocal ligaments and covered by mucosa

Question 25

How is sound produced on vocal cords

Answer 25

air passes across them causing them to vibrte

Question 26

Contraction of the laryngeal muscles cause movement of the arytenoid cartilages and this causes what

Answer 26

changes in the length of the vocal cords and size of the glottis.

Question 27

Increasing the tension on the vocal cords does what

Answer 27

increases pitch

Question 28

What is the function of the vestibular folds

Answer 28

to help close the glottis when one swallows the food and it plays no role in sound production.

Question 29

Are male or female vocal cords longer

Answer 29

male

Question 30

What happens when vocal cords swell

Answer 30

decrease vocal production

Question 31

If vocal cords are abducted are they more relaxed or stretched

Answer 31

relaxed

Question 32

what is the trachea composed of

Answer 32

15-20 c shaped rings made of hyaline cartilage connected by elastic CT

Question 33

What is the last ring called

Answer 33

carina

Question 34

contraction of the trachealis occurs when

Answer 34

during coughing

Question 35

Most of the time the esophagus is open or closed

Answer 35

closed

Question 36

Carina is referred to by dr idiot as the

Answer 36

underpants

Question 37

What does the bronchial tree start with

Answer 37

left and right main bronchus

Question 38

What are the right and left main bronchus composed of

Answer 38

c shaped rings of hyaline cartilage

Question 39

The right or left main bronchus is shorter wider and more vertically oriented

Answer 39

right

Question 40

How many lobar does the left main bronchus divide into

Answer 40

2 lobar

Question 41

How many lobar does the right main bronchus have

Answer 41

3

Question 42

As the bronchial tree divides does their diameter increase or decrease

Answer 42

decrease

Question 43

As you move down the bronchial tree is is there more smooth muscle or more cartilage

Answer 43

more smooth muscle.