Chapter 15: respiratory and digestive structures

Question 1

trachea

Answer 1

air passageway

Question 2

main bronchi

Answer 2

• paired

- air passageway

Question 3

lungs

Answer 3

• paired

- involved in respiration and gas exchange

Question 4

the left lung has how many lobes

Answer 4

2

Question 5

the right lung has how many lobes

Answer 5

3

Question 6

apex of a lung

Answer 6

superior end

Question 7

base of lung

Answer 7

infterior end

Question 8

root of a lung

Answer 8

collective term for structures entering and exiting a lung (main bronchus and pulmonary vessels)

Question 9

secondary bronchi

Answer 9

air passageway

- branches of a main bronchus within a lung

Question 10

esophagus

Answer 10

passageway for food and fluids

Question 11

vagus nerves

Answer 11

innervate the heart and lungs

Question 12

phrenic nerves

Answer 12

innervates the diaphragm

Question 13

sympathetic trunk ganglia

Answer 13

along either side of the vertebral column

-innervate sweat glands, arrector pili muscles, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and esophagus

Question 14

true or false: secondary bronchi are found outside of the lungs

Answer 14

false: secondary bronchi are found within a lung

Question 15

give specific structures that are in the root of a lung

Answer 15

main bronchus and pulmonary artery and vein