Ch 7 Respiratory System

Question 0

This forms the false vocal cords

Answer 0

Vestibular Folds

Question 1

What controls the respiratory system?

Answer 1

The Brain ( medulla oblongata)

Question 2

Mouth, nasal cavity, and oral cavity

Answer 2

Upper Airway

Question 3

Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli

Answer 3

Lower Air Way

Question 4

Lateral walls of the nasopharynx contain three bony ridges

Answer 4

Conchae

Question 5

How many lobes are in the right lung.

Sits higher, larger bronchi tube

Answer 5

3 upper, Middle, and lower

Question 6

Left lung has how many lobs and what is the tiny one called?

Answer 6

2 / Lingula

Question 7

Medication that is designed to improve lung functions

Answer 7

Bronchodilator ( albuterol)

Question 8

Constriction of the airways passages of the lungs that accompanies muscle spasms

Answer 8

Bronchospasm

Question 9

Ducts formed from divisions of the respiratory bronchioles in the lower airway; each duct ends in clustes know as alveoli

Answer 9

Alveolar ducts

Question 10

tiny sacs of lung tissue in which gas exchange takes place

Answer 10

Alveoli

Question 11

The very thin membrane consisting of only one cell layer, that lies between the alveolus and capillary, through which respiratory exchange between the alveolus and the blood vessels

Answer 11

Alveolocapillary membrane

Question 12

Fine subdivision of the bronchi that give rise to the alveolar ducts

Answer 12

Bronchioles

Question 13

The process by which a gas dissolves in a liquid

Answer 13

Diffusion

Question 14

Destruction of the walls of the alveoli, which creates resistance to expiratory airflow

Answer 14

Emphysema

Question 15

external openings to the nasal cavity; also called the nostril

Answer 15

External Nares

Question 16

Opening into the lower airway made up of the true vocal cords and the opening between them

Answer 16

Glottis

Question 17

Posterior opening from the nasopharynx into the pharynx

Answer 17

Interior Nares

Question 18

Structure that separates the nasal cavity into two parts

Answer 18

Nasal Septum

Question 19

Nasal cavity, which extends from the internal nares to the uvula

Answer 19

Nasopharynx

Question 20

Pleural membrane that lines the pleural cavity

Answer 20

Parietal Pleura

Question 21

Membranes of connective tissue that cover the lungs and line the inner borders of the ribs

Answer 21

Pleura

Question 22

The cavity formed by the inner borders of the rib cage

Answer 22

Pleural cavity

Question 23

Potential space between the visceral and parietal pleura

Answer 23

Pleural Space

Question 24

The volume of air remaining in the respiratory passages and lungs after a forceful expiration

Answer 24

Residual Volume

Question 25

Organs and structures associated with breathing, gas exchange, and the entrance of air into the body

Answer 25

respiratory System

Question 26

A device used in pulmonary function testing that measures air entering and leaving the lung over a specific period of time

Answer 26

Spirometer

Question 27

The pleural membrane that covers the lungs

Answer 27

Visceral Pleura