Upper Respiratory System

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conducting portion

Answer 1

structures air can travel through

Question 2

respiratory portion

Answer 2

gas exchange

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upper respiratory tract (conducting)

Answer 3

• nose and nasal cavities
• paranasal sinuses
• pharynx: throat

Question 4

nose is the…

Answer 4

main conducting airway for inhaled air

Question 5

nasal bones

Answer 5

form bridge of nose

Question 6

nares

Answer 6

external openings (nostrils)

Question 7

nasal septum

Answer 7

separates left and right nasal cavity

Question 8

vestibule

Answer 8

area inside nares

Question 9

superior, middle, and inferior nasal conchae

Answer 9

form lateral walls for each nasal cavity (cleans air)

Question 10

sinuses

Answer 10

air spaces that make the bones lighter in weight

Question 11

paranasal sinuses

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• frontal (superior)
• ethmoidal
• sphenoidal
• maxillary (largest)

Question 12

pharynx

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commonly known as throat

Question 13

3 regions of the pharynx

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• nasopharynx
• oropharynx
• laryngopharynx
• lined with mucosa and has skeletal muscle for control of swallowing

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nasopharynx

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posterior to nasal cavity and superior to soft palate

Question 15

auditory tubes..

Answer 15

found in lateral walls of nasopharynx

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adenoids..

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housed in posterior nasopharynx

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oropharynx

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bounded superiorly by soft palate, inferiorly by hyoid bone
- shared passage between respiratory and digestive systems

Question 18

palatine tonsils..

Answer 18

embedded in lateral walls between arches of oropharynx (most commonly removed)

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lingual tonsils..

Answer 19

based of tongue

Question 20

laryngopharynx

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starts inferior to hyoid bone and extends to top of esophagus
- shared passage between respiratory and digestive systems