Anatomy Flashcards
True/False
The respiratory system assists with regulating blood pH, and contains receptors for the sense of smell, filters inspired air, produce sounds, and excrete small amounts of water and heat during exhalation
True
Upper respiratory system includes what?
the nose, pharynx, and associated structures
Lower respiratory system includes what structures?
larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs
What are the two parts of the Resp. system by function?
The conducting zone
The respiratory zone
What Zone:
Consists of tissues within the lungs where gas exchange occurs-the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, and alveoli.
Respiratory zone
What Zone?
Consists of a series of interconnecting cavities and tubes: nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and terminal bronchioles-that conduct air into the lungs.
The conducting zone
Consist of bone and cartilage covered with skin and lined with mucous membrane. It has two openings called external nares or nostrils.
External nose
Connects to the throat through two openings called the internal nares.
Internal nose
What are the four paranasal sinuses?
What one is the Largest?
a) Frontal
b) Maxillary (largest)
c) Sphenoid
d) Ethmoidal
What do the paranasal sinuses do?
some air circulates in the sinuses and provides resonance, warms and humidifies before going down to the lungs
True/False
Nasolacrimal ducts don’t connect to the internal nose
False.. they do
Functions of what part of the resp system?
a) Filtering, warming, and moistening incoming air.
b) Detecting olfactory (smell) stimuli.
c) Modifying the vibrations of speech sounds.
Nose
Mucus secreted by _____ cells moistens the air and traps dust particles
goblet cells
___ move the dust-laden mucus toward the pharynx, at which point it can be
swallowed or spit out.
Cilia
_____ is a funnel-shaped tube that starts at the internal nares and extends partway down the neck
Pharynx or throat
What functions as a passageway for air and food?
Pharynx or throat
What part of the pharynx?
a) The posterior wall contains the pharyngeal tonsil.
b) Exchanges air with the nasal cavities and receives mucus-dust packages.
c) The cilia of its pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium moves the
mucus- dust packages toward the mouth.
d) Exchanges small amounts of air with the auditory tubes to equalize airpressure between the pharynx and middle ear.
Nasopharynx (upper part)
What part of the pharynx?
a) Opens into the mouth and nasopharynx.
b) Two pairs of tonsils (palatine and lingual tonsils).
Oropharynx (Middle portion)
What part of the pharynx?
Connects with both the esophagus (food tube) and the larynx (voice box)
Laryngopharynx
What part of the Resp System
(a) Is a short tube of cartilage lined by mucous membrane that connects the pharynx with the trachea
(b) It lies in the midline of the neck anterior to the fourth, fifth, and six cervical vertebrae (C4 to C6).
Larynx (voice box)