Respiratory Flashcards
Nasopharynx
Connects your nasal passages to the rest of your respiratory system. This allows air to get from your nose to your lungs
Oropharynx
It allows air, food and fluid to pass through.
laryngopharynx
The most caudal portion of the pharynx and is a crucial connection point through which food, water, and air pass.
Epiglottis
Hyoid bone
Thyroid cartilage
Cricoid cartilage
Trachea
Epiglottis cartilage
Fat pad
Vocal cord
Tracheal cartilage
Primary bronchi
Carrie’s air to and from your lungs (upper part of r&l lungs)
Secondary bronchi
conducts air to and from one of the lung’s five lobes. (Near the middle/lobar bronchi)
Tertiary bronchi
The narrowest passageways
-conduct air in and out of the bronchopulmary segments
-located near the bottom of the bronchi, just before it turns into the narrowest passageways
Bronchioles
Carrie’s air into lungs
Alveolar ducts
tiny ducts that connect the respiratory bronchioles to alveolar sacs,
Alveoli
where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out.
Nasal conchae
Superior
Middle
Inferior
Posterior naris (choana)
Anterior naris (nostril)
Auditory tube
Palatine tonsil
Epiglottis
Glottis
Trachea
Upper lip
Tongue
Lower lip
Vocal cord
Larynx
Trachea
Apex
Primary bronchi
Superior lobe
Middle lobe
Mediastinal surfaces
Cardiac notch
Fissures
Inferior lobe
Base
