Chapter 11 RESPIRATORY DEFINITIONS

Question 1

the ACT of DRAWING air INTO the lungs

Answer 1

INSPIRATION

Question 2

ENLARGED, superior portion of the TRACHEA; contains VOCAL CORDS

Answer 2

LARYNX

Cartoon LARYNX had ENLARGED VOCAL CORDS

Question 3

space BETWEEN spongy RESPIRATORY organ containing the THORAX

Answer 3

LUNGS

THORAX sang with big LUNGS

Question 4

organ of the FACE used for breathing and housing RECEPTORS

Answer 4

NOSE

Question 5

GAS needed by cells to release ENERGY

Answer 5

OXYGEN

Question 6

PAIRED masses of LYMPHOID tissue on either side of the OROPHARYNX

Answer 6

PALATINE TONSILS

Question 7

NERVE that ACTIVIATES the DIAPHRAGM

Answer 7

PHRENIC NERVE

Question 8

DOUBLE-LAYERED membrane; lines the thoracic CAVITIY; covers the LUNGS

Answer 8

PLEURA

Question 9

thin, FLUID-FILLED SPACE between two layers of the PLEURA

Answer 9

PLEURAL SPACE

Question 10

movement of AIR in and out of the LUNGS

Answer 10

PULMONARY VENTILATION

Question 11

CAVITY channel, PARANASAL sinuses

Answer 11

SINUS

Question 12

substance RELEASED by COUGHING or CLEARING the throat

Answer 12

SPUTUM

Question 13

substance that DECREASES surface tension WITHIN the ALVEOLI and EASES lung EXPANSION

Answer 13

SURFACTANT

Question 14

AIRWAY passageway that extends from the LARYNX to the BRONCHI

Answer 14

TRACHEA

Question 15

BONY PROJECTIONS in the NASAL CAVITY, contains RECEPTORS

Answer 15

TURBINATE BONES

Question 16

MEMBRANOUS folds on EITHER side of the larynx

Answer 16

VOCAL CORDS