CH.1 The anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system

Question 1

The Airways

Answer 1

–the passageways between the ambient environment and the gas exchange units of the lungs (the alveoli) are called the conducting airways

Question 2

Conducting Airways

Answer 2

–upper and lower airways

Question 3

Upper Airway

Answer 3

–consists of nose, oral cavity, pharynx and larynx
–humidify and warm or cool the inspired air
–precent foreign materials entering tracheobronchial tree
–important in speech and smell

Question 4

Nose

Answer 4

–filter
–humidify
–condition (warm or cool) inspired air

Question 5

Nasal septum

Answer 5

–the internal portion of the nose, the nasal septum, divides the nasal cavity into two different chamber

Question 6

The Nares

Answer 6

–air enters the nasal cavity through the two openings formed by the septal cartilage and the alae nasi called the nares (nostrils)