Upper airway and thorax L1

Question 1

upper airways=

Answer 1

nose
nasal cavity
paranasal sinuses
pharynx

Question 2

lower respiratory tract=

Answer 2

larynx
trachea
bronchi
lungs

Question 3

conducting tissues of the respiratory tract job =

Answer 3

to cleanse, warm and humidify air

Question 4

respiratory tissue job=

Answer 4

actual site of gas exchange

Question 5

what is the nose dorsum

Answer 5

the bridge of the nose

Question 6

what are the alae of the nose

Answer 6

lateral surface of the nose (wings)

Question 7

what cartilage is the flaring part of the nose

Answer 7

alar cartilage

Question 8

nares=

Answer 8

the nostrils

Question 9

the anterior nasal apertures=

Answer 9

nostrils

Question 10

the posterior nasal apertures=

Answer 10

choanae

Question 11

roof of the nose=

Answer 11

base of the skull

Question 12

floor of the nose=

Answer 12

hard palate

Question 13

what divides the nasal cavity

Answer 13

the nasal septum

Question 14

epithelial linning of the nasal cavity

Answer 14

psuedostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

Question 15

what does the roof of the nasal cavity contain

Answer 15

olfactory mucosa

Question 16

what are three bony shelves projecting medially from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity

Answer 16

conchae (turbinates)

Question 17

what are meatuses

Answer 17

broad openings inferior to conchae

Question 18

functions of the nasal cavity (4)

Answer 18

Provides airway
filters, humidifies and warms air
resonating chamber for speech
olfaction

Question 19

name 4 paranasal sinuses

Answer 19

maxillary
ethmoid
frontal
sphenoid

Question 20

drainage of the frontal sinus

Answer 20

lateral wall of the middle meatus

Question 21

drainage of anterior ethmoidal sinus

Answer 21

ethmoidal infundibulum

Question 22

drainage of middle ethmoidal sinus

Answer 22

ethmoidal bulba

Question 23

drainage of posterior ethmoidal sinus

Answer 23

lateral wall of the superior nasal meatus

Question 24

drainage of maxillary sinus

Answer 24

middle meatus via the semilunar hiatus

Question 25

drainage of the sphenoidal sinus

Answer 25

sphenoethmoidal sinus

Question 26

2 other openings into the nasal cavity

Answer 26

nasolacrimal duct | eustachian tube

Question 27

eustachian tube links

Answer 27

nasal cavity to middle ear

Question 28

major blood supply to the nose

Answer 28

sphenopalatine artery

Question 29

what is a nose bleed called

Answer 29

epistaxis

Question 30

what lies in littles area and is formed from the anastomosis of 5 big arteries

Answer 30

Kiesalbach's plexus

Question 31

pharynx superior/inferior boundaries

Answer 31

base of the skull to the cricoid cartilage

Question 32

what muscles comprise the pharynx

Answer 32

superior, middle and inferior constrictor

Question 33

what is the innervation of the nasopharynx

Answer 33

maxillary nerve

Question 34

what is the innervation of the oropharynx

Answer 34

glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 35

what is the innervation of the laryngopharynx

Answer 35

vagus nerve

Question 36

range of nasopharynx

Answer 36

base of the skull to uvula and soft palate

Question 37

range of oropharynx

Answer 37

soft palate to epiglottis

Question 38

range of laryngopharynx

Answer 38

epiglottis to cricoid

Question 39

most muscles of the pharynx are innervated by

Answer 39

vagus nerve

Question 40

stylopharyngeus is innervated by

Answer 40

glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 41

blood supply of the pharynx=

Answer 41

branches of the external carotid

Question 42

unpaired cartilage of the larynx=

Answer 42

epiglottis cricoid thyroid

Question 43

paired cartilage of the larynx=

Answer 43

arytenoid cuneiform corniculate

Question 44

laryngeal folds made up of

Answer 44

vocal folds | vestibular folds

Question 45

which folds are superior

Answer 45

vestibular folds

Question 46

which are the true vocal cords

Answer 46

vocal cords

Question 47

what do the vocal cords do

Answer 47

abducted adducted relaxed and tensed to control pitch of sound created

Question 48

what do the vestibular folds do

Answer 48

fixed folds that protect the larynx

Question 49

space inbetween the vocal folds

Answer 49

rima glottidis

Question 50

where does the trachea bifurcate

Answer 50

T4/T5

Question 51

which bronchus is wider and more vertical

Answer 51

right

Question 52

trachea postion relative to oesophagus

Answer 52

anterior