Ch.5 Organs of the Resp. System, Combining Forms of Resp. System

Question 1

nose

Answer 1

lined w/a mucous membrane & fine hairs; a filter to moisten & warm air entering the body

Question 2

nasal septum

Answer 2

partition separating the R & L nasal cavities

Question 3

paranasal sinuses

Answer 3

air cavities w/in the cranial bones that open into the nasal cavities

Question 4

pharynx

Answer 4

food & air passageway (esophagus=throat)

Question 5

adenoids

Answer 5

lymphoid tissue behind nasal cavity

Question 6

tonsils

Answer 6

lymphoid tissue behind mouth

Question 7

larynx

Answer 7

location of vocal cords (voice box)

Question 8

epiglottis

Answer 8

flap of cartilage that automatically covers the opening of & keeps food from entering the larynx during swallowing

Question 9

trachea

Answer 9

passageway for air to the bronchi (windpipe)

Question 10

bronchus (pl. bronchi)

Answer 10

1 of 2 branches form the trachea that conducts air into the lungs, where it divides & subdivides; branchings resemble a tree=bronchial tree

Question 11

bronchioles

Answer 11

smallest subdivision of bronchial tree

Question 12

alveolus (pl. alveoli)

Answer 12

air sacs at end of bronchioles

Question 13

lungs

Answer 13

2 spongelike organs in the thoracic cavity; R lung has 3 lobes, L lung has 2 lobes

Question 14

pleura

Answer 14

double-folded serous membrane covering each lung & lining thoracic cavity w/small space b/t (aka pleural cavity, contains serous fluid)

Question 15

diaphragm

Answer 15

muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity

Question 16

mediastinum

Answer 16

space b/t the lungs; contains heart, esophagus, trachea, great blood vessels

Question 17

adenoid/o

Answer 17

adenoids

Question 18

alveol/o

Answer 18

alveolus

Question 19

bronchi/o, bronch/o

Answer 19

bronchus

Question 20

diaphragmat/o, phren/o

Answer 20

diaphragm

Question 21

epiglott/o

Answer 21

epiglottis

Question 22

laryng/o

Answer 22

larynx

Question 23

lob/o

Answer 23

lobe

Question 24

nas/o, rhin/o

Answer 24

nose

Question 25

pharyng/o

Answer 25

pharynx

Question 26

pleur/o

Answer 26

pleura

Question 27

pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o

Answer 27

lung, air

Question 28

pulmon/o

Answer 28

lung

Question 29

sept/o

Answer 29

septum (wall off, fence)

Question 30

sinus/o

Answer 30

sinus

Question 31

thorac/o

Answer 31

thorax (chest)

Question 32

tonsill/o

Answer 32

tonsil

Question 33

trache/o

Answer 33

trachea

Question 34

atel/o

Answer 34

imperfect, incomplete

Question 35

capn/o

Answer 35

carbon dioxide

Question 36

hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 36

blood

Question 37

muc/o

Answer 37

mucous

Question 38

orth/o

Answer 38

straight

Question 39

ox/i, ox/o

Answer 39

oxygen

Question 40

phon/o

Answer 40

sound, voice

Question 41

py/o

Answer 41

pus

Question 42

somn/o

Answer 42

sleep

Question 43

spir/o

Answer 43

breathe, breathing