Respiratory Flashcards
Cardiopulmonary system is the
Respiratory and cardiovascular systems
Functions of respiration (8)
Gas exchange, communication, olfaction, pH balance, blood pressure regulation, blood and lymph flow, filtration, Valsalva maneuver
What are the functions of the respiratory system you are probably going to forget
Blood and lymph flow, blood pressure regulation, blood filtration
Conduction division is from
nostrils to terminal bronchioles
Respiratory division is from
respiratory broncolies and alveoli
Upper tract
Nose through larynx
Lower tract
trachea through lungs
The function of the nose you might forget
It acts as a resonating chamber
Nose spans from
Nostrils to posterior nasal apertures (choanae)
After the nose, which runs from the nares to the choanae, the pharynx begins. Name the 3 regions of the pharynx
Nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
From the choanae to the larynx is the pharynx. What tonsils are in the oropharynx
Palatine tonsils
What tonsils are in the nasopharynx
pharyngeal tonsils
The order of the pharynx
NO L
Larynx does what
keeps food out of airways and makes blunt sounds
Epiglottis
Guards the larynx
The epiglottis meets the larynx halfway over the glottis to cover the airway
Yes
3 major larynx cartilage
Epiglottic, thyroid, cricoid
The cricoid cartilage of the larynx connects the larynx to what
The trachea
Three smaller cartilages
Arytenoid, corniculate, cuneiform
Vocal cords are covered in
stratified squamous epithelium
What muscles control the vocal cords
Intrinsic muscles
What muscle spans the back of the trachea
Trachealis muscle
The inner lining of the trachea is called
ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium
The only part of the trachea cell that matters is that its
ciliated
The middle tracheal layer has
nodules, glands, etc
