Lungs Flashcards
The 4 cartilages of the larynx
- Epiglottic cartilage
- Thyroid cartilage
- Cricoid cartilage
- Arytenoid cartilages
Rima glottidis location
Difference between glottis
Space between the right and left vocal folds through which air passes during breathing
Glottis is both the space and the vocal ligaments (folds)
2 folds of the glottis
And difference between them
Vestibular folds-false vocal chords
Vocal folds- help with sound-true vocal chords
What 3 things are the trachea made up of?
C-shaped cartilage rings
Fibroelastic membrane
Trachealis muscle
What type of gland is the thyroid gland?
Endocrine
What is the esophagus?
A flattened muscular tube that connects distantly with the stomach
The 7 branches of the external carotid are and locations:
Some lady figures out PMS
Superior thyroid artery-to thyroid gland and larynx
Lingual artery-to the tongue
Facial artery-to the skin and muscles of the anterior face
Occipital artery-to the posterior scalp
Posterior auricular artery-to the region near the external ear
Superficial temporal artery-majority of scalp
Maxillary artery-to maxilla, mandible, muscles of mastication and nasal cavity
Hilus definition
A passageway in the medial surface of each lung that blood vessels and bronchi enter and exit the lung
Which cranial nerve supplies parasympathetic innervation to the heart
Vagus nerve X
Key difference between a bronchus and a bronchioles
Bronchi have cartilage and bronchioles do not
What is the function of the arytenoid cartilage?
To provide an attachment point for vocal ligaments
Type II alveolar cells are important in the production of?
Surfactant
Two parts of the diaphragm
Costal and crural
