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1
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What organ system provides a means of gas exchange required by living cells?

A

Respiratory System

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Respiratory and cardiovascular systems are _____.

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Inseparable

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What is the anatomical organization of the respiratory system?

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Upper and lower respiratory tracts

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What is the functional organization of the respiratory system?

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Conducting and respiratory portions

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What does the conducting portion of the respiratory system do?

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Transport air

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What does the respiratory portion of the respiratory system do?

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Gas exchange in blood

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What structures compose the conducting portion of respiratory system?

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Nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and progressively smaller airways (primary bronchi to terminal bronchioles)

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What structures compose the respiratory portion of respiratory system?

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Respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli

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What are the functions of the respiratory system? (6)

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Pulmonary ventilation (breathing)
Gas exchange
“Conditions” gasses before reaching the lungs
Sound production
Sense of smell
Protect the body from airborne infections

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What are the two phases of pulmonary ventilation?

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Inspiration (inhalation) which draws air into the lungs and expiration (exhalation) which forces air out

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_____ diffuses into blood while _____ diffuses out the blood.

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Oxygen; carbon dioxide

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How is air conditioned before reaching the lungs?

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Air is warmed to body temperature, humidified, and cleansed

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What other structures aid in sound production beside the lungs and larynx?

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Nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, teeth, lips, and tongue

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What covers the superior region of the nasal cavity and aids in sense of smell?

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Olfactory epithelium that detects inhaled molecules that dissolves in the mucus

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How does the respiratory system protect the body against airborne infections?

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Coarse hairs in the nose, twisted passageways that trap insects and microbes, and numerous cells that produce mucus and lysozymes

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What does mucus do?

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Trap inhaled dust, microbes, insects, and pollen

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What are lysozymes?

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Enzymes that destroyed microbial cell walls

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What structures compose the upper respiratory tract?

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Nose, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx (throat), and associated structures

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What is the main conducting pathway for inhaled air?

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Nose

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What are external nares?

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Nostrils open on the inferior surface of the nose

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What bones form the bridge of the nose and support the nose?

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Nasal bones

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22
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Through internal nares, the nasal cavity is continuous with what?

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Nasopharynx

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What bones form the roof of the nasal cavity? (4)

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frontal bones, nasal bones, cribriform plate, and sphenoid bone

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What bones form the floor of the nasal cavity? (2)

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Horizontal plate of maxillae and horizontal potions of the palatine bones

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What is the area near the anterior region of the nasal cavity near the nostrils called?

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Vestibule

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What are the coarse hairs near the vestibule that trap large particles called?

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Vibrissae

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What does the mucus and ciliated epithelium in the nasal cavity do?

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Move dust and debris towards the nasopharynx

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What divides the nasal cavity into left and right portions?

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Nasal septum

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What 3 structures form the nasal septum?

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Septal cartilage (anterior), perpendicular plate (superior), and vomer bone (posterior)

30
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What is another name for turbinates that form the lateral walls of the nasal cavity?

A

Conchae

31
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What do conchae do?

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Create turbulence in inhaled air, which makes the air stay in the nasal cavity for a longer time to get warmed and humidified

32
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The superior and middle nasal conchae are part of what bone? What about the inferior nasal conchae?

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Superior and middle nasal conchae are part of the ethmoid while the inferior nasal conchae are independent bones

33
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What do the paranasal sinuses do for the skull?

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Reduce the weight of the skull

34
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What are the four paranasal sinuses?

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Frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and maxillary sinuses

35
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What is the pharynx?

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The throat is a common, funnel-shaped space used by both the respiratory and digestive system that is a common pathway for air and ingested foods

36
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What do flexible lateral walls in the pharynx do?

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Are distensible to force swallowed food into the esophagus

37
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What are the 3 different regions found in the pharynx?

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Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharyx

38
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What is the nasopharynx?

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Superior region of the pharynx lined with ciliated epithelium that usually only allows the passage of air

39
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What blocks food and drink from entering the nasopharynx?

A

Elevation of the soft palate and uvula

40
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What connects the nasopharynx to the middle ear, and what is the purpose of it?

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Auditory (eustachian) tubes help to equalize air pressure behind the eardrum

41
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Where are adenoids located?

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Pharyngeal tonsils are located in the posterior nasopharynx wall

42
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What is the oropharynx?

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Middle pharyngeal region that is a common respiratory and digestive pathway for both air and swallowed food/drink

43
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What is found in the oropharynx that provide the first line of defense against ingest/inhaled foreign materials?

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Lymphatic organs (palatine and lingual tonsils)

44
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What is the laryngopharynx?

A

Inferior region of the pharynx that is continuous with the larynx and esophagus

45
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Why is there only strong epithelium with no cilia in the oropharynx and laryngopharynx?

A

Permit the passage of swallowed food and drink

46
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Where in the pharynx does food tend to get stuck and block breathing?

A

Laryngopharynx

47
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What structures compose the lower respiratory tract?

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Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and associated structures (conducting airways) and respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli (respiratory portion)

48
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What is the larynx?

A

A short, cylindrical airway that prevents swallowed materials from entering lower respiratory tract, conducts air into lower respiratory tract, and produces sound

49
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How many pieces of cartilage is found in the larynx that form the anterior and lateral walls?

A

9

50
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What is the laryngeal prominence?

A

Adam’s apple that is stimulated by testosterone to grow larger and becomes more prominent in males after puberty

51
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What is the cricoid cartilage?

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Ring-shaped hyaline cartilage that forms the inferior base of the larynx and connects to the trachea inferiorly

52
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What does the cricothyroid cartilage do?

A

Attach cricoid cartilage to inferior edge of the thyroid cartilage

53
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Where is the cricothyroid cartilage found?

A

4 fingers above the sternal notch

54
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What is a cricothyrotomy?

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An emergency airway opened in the larynx by making an incision through the cricothyroid ligament with an initial vertical incision though the skin followed with a horizontal incision through the cricothyroid ligament

55
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What is the large, spoon/leaf-shaped structure formed of elastic cartilage in the larynx called?

A

Epiglottis

56
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What does the epiglottis do?

A

Closes the laryngeal opening while swallowing to prevent materials from entering the larynx

57
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What happens to the epiglottis during and after swallowing?

A

During swallowing, the larynx elevates and moves forward while the epiglottis moves backwards to block the glottis, and afterwards everything moves back to its initial position

58
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What are vestibular folds?

A

Superior ligaments (vestibular ligaments) and the mucous membrane covering them; also called False vocal cords since they have no function in sound production

59
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What are true vocal cords?

A

Vocal ligaments (inferior ligaments) and the mucous membranes covering them that produce sound when air passes through

60
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What is the opening between the vocal folds called?

A

Rima glottidis

61
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What is the glottis?

A

Both the rima glottidis and vocal folds

62
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What is affected by the length of vocal cords?

A

Range of voice

63
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Longer vocal cords produce what sounds?

A

Lower sounds

64
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What does testosterone do the the length of vocal cords?

A

Make vocal cords longer and thicker, which explains deeper voices

65
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What is determined by tension/tautness on vocal cords?

A

Pitch/frequency of voice

66
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What does increased tension on vocal cords do?

A

Make the vocal folds vibrate more when air passes by to produce a higher sound

67
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What does the force of air passing across the vocal folds determine?

A

Loudness of voice

68
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Only the _____ portion of the rima glottidis is open and the vocal cords do not vibrate during whispering.

A

Posterior

69
Q

Whispering sounds all of the same _____.

A

pitch

70
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What creates the “cracking” sound in a person’s voice during puberty?

A

Laryneal cartilages and vocal cords grow rapidly

71
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Children have smaller _____ which produce higher sounds.

A

Vocal Cords

72
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Recognizable speech requires the participation of what other structures?

A

Pharynx, nasal and oral cavities, paranasal sinuses, lips, and tongue

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