CHAPTER 17 part 1 Flashcards
two types of tracts
upper and lower respiratory tract
what tract: warms and filters air
upper respiratory tract
what tract: accomplishes gas exchange
lower respiratory tract
carries the oxygen especially the hemoglobin that is located at the rbc
blood
bubbles or like balloon shape organ
alveoli
it is ‘where the gas and carbon dioxide exchange’ with the help of capillaries
alveoli
are the NETWORK OF SMALL BLOOD VESSELS that ‘facilitates diffusion’
capillaries
passageway for air to pass to and from the lungs
nose
what are the paranasal sinuses
FEMS
frontal
ethmoids
maxillary
sphenoid
sinus above your eyes
frontal
sinus between eyes
ethmoid
sinus behind the eyes
sphenoid
sinus below the eyes
maxillary
connects the nasal and oral cavities to the larynx
pharynx/throat
the voice box
larynx