Chp 5 Respiratory System

Question 1

What is the nose?

Answer 1

Lined with mucous membrane and fine hairs; it acts as a filter to moisten and warm the entering air

Question 2

Nasal Septum

Answer 2

Partition separating the right to left nasal cavities

Question 3

Paranasal sinuses

Answer 3

Air cavities within the cranial bones that open into the nasal cavities

Question 4

Pharynx

Answer 4

Serves as a food and air passageway

Question 5

Adenoids

Answer 5

Lymphoid tissue located on the posterior wall of the nasal cavity

Question 6

Tonsils

Answer 6

Lymphoid tissue located on the lateral at the junction of the oral cavity and oropharynx

Question 7

Larynx

Answer 7

Location of the vocal cords

Question 8

Epiglottis

Answer 8

Flap of cartilage that automatically covers the opening of the larynx and keeps food from entering the larynx during swallowing

Question 9

Trachea

Answer 9

Passageway for air to the bronchi from the larynx (also called the windpipe)

Question 10

Bronchus (pl. bronchi)

Answer 10

One of two branches from the trachea conducts air into the lungs, where it divided and subdivides.

Question 11

Bronchioles

Answer 11

Smallest subdivision of the bronchial tree

Question 12

Alveoli (s. alveolus)

Answer 12

Air sacs at the end of the bronchioles

Question 13

Thorax

Answer 13

Chest

Question 14

Pleura

Answer 14

Double folded, serous membrane covering each lung with serous fluid

Question 15

Mediastinum

Answer 15

Space between the lungs

Question 16

Diaphragm

Answer 16

Muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity