thoracic Cavity

Question 1

What is the epithelial tissue

Answer 1

a sheet of tightly packed cells

Question 2

What is the lying under the epithelial tissue

Answer 2

the connective tissue

Question 3

What is the membrane

Answer 3

the membrane is the epithelial tissue and connective tissue

Question 4

Describe the membrane

Answer 4

shiny, cellophane like layer of tissue, is white in color

Question 5

What is the epithelial tissue of the thoracic cavity

Answer 5

pleura

Question 6

Name of the epithelial tissue that covers the body cavity

Answer 6

parietal

Question 7

name of epithelial tissue that covers the organs

Answer 7

visceral

Question 8

what is the pleural cavity?

Answer 8

space between the visceral pleura and parietal pleura

Question 9

Inflammation of the pleural membrane

Answer 9

Pleurisy

Question 10

True or false the lungs are not separate in two different cavities

Answer 10

False, the epithelial tissue separates the lungs in two different cavities

Question 11

True or false: the heart does not need a tissue to cover it for protection because the lungs protect it anyway

Answer 11

False, the heart does need an epithelium, it has its own cavity.

Question 12

What is the name of epithelium covering the heart

Answer 12

pericardial sacs

Question 13

What are the two muscles of the heart

Answer 13

ventricles and atria

Question 14

What is the structure most anterior to the pericardial tissue

Answer 14

posterior portion of the thymus gland

Question 15

What is the diaphragm

Answer 15

a sheet of muscle

Question 16

Where is the diaphragm located

Answer 16

posterior of the thoracic cavity

Question 17

What is the function of the diaphragm

Answer 17

1. is helps in the process of the breathing, helps lungs to expand
2. It separates the thoracic cavity and abdomen cavity

Question 18

True or false: the larynx is largest structure of the respiratory pathway

Answer 18

True, the larynx is located in the anterior portion, outside of thoracic cavity

Question 19

Describe the respiratory pathway

Answer 19

Nares–> Nasal Cavity—>Pharynx—> Epiglottis (flap of glottis)—-> Glottis (opening of larynx)—->trachea(windpipe)—>Bronchi(one tube for each lung)—->Bronchioles—-> Aveoli(air sacs where exchange of O2 and CO2 takes place)

Question 20

True or False: The Pharynx is the cross way of the respiratory pathway and circulatory pathway

Answer 20

False: the Pharynx is the cross way of the respiratory pathway and digestion pathway

Question 21

True or False: the Pharynx is located behind the layrnx

Answer 21

False: Pharynx is located behind the mouth

Question 22

True or False: The anterior lobes of the thymus extends from the lungs and lies on either side of the larynx

Answer 22

False: the Anterior lobes of the thymus extends from the heart and lies on either side of the larynx

Question 23

Where is the thyroid gland located?

Answer 23

The thyroid gland is located ventral to the trachea