Ch. 24 Flashcards
respiratory system provides extensive area for gas exchange between
air and blood
respiratory system moves air to/from exchange
surfaces in lungs
respiratory system protects surfaces from
dehydration and environment changes
respiratory system defends against
invasion by pathogenic microbes
respiratory system produces sounds involved with
speaking, singing, and non verbal communication
respiratory system assists in regulation of blood
volume, pressure, and pH
ventilation is
air exchange
nasal cavity helps
protect from machrophages coming in
respiratory system is also connected to the
nervous system
respiratory system divided to
upper and lower
larynx seperates
upper and lower
what area does respiratory epithelium NOT line
inferior pharynx, small passages in lungs bronchioles or alveoli
respiratory epithelium type
pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with mucuous cells and glands
mucus traps
debris and microbes
what sweep mucus and anything to trap it toward pharynx
cillia
nose functions
moisten, warms, filters
chamber for speech
site of olfaction
nostrils are called
nares
bridge of nose called
dorsum
ale and apex supported by cartilages and other connective tissues
nares/nostrils
bridge is supported by
nasal bones superiorly and cartilages inferiorly
nasal septum formed by
carilage and vomer
perpendicular plate
vibrissae are
coarse hair in our nose
nasal cavity bordered by
cribiform plate and palate
olfactory region in nose is in the
superior portion
conchae increase
mucosal surface area
warm, moisten, filter
posterior nasal apertures connect
nasal cavity into pharnyx
pharynx is often called
throat
nasopharynx is the first area and houses
tonsil, eustachian tubes
soft plate and uvula
oropharynx bounded by
palate arches
oropharynx houses
palatine and lingual tonsils
laryngopharynx is posterior to the
epiglottis