respiratory general

Question 1

Tasteless, colorless, odorless gas produced by body cells during metabolism

Answer 1

CO2

Question 2

Tough, elastic connective tissue that is more rigid than ligaments but less dense than bone

Answer 2

cartilage

Question 3

Minute, hairlike structures that extend from the surface of a cell

Answer 3

cilia

Question 4

To move or spread out a substance at random, rather than by chemical reaction or application of external forces

Answer 4

diffuse

Question 5

Tasteless, odorless, colorless gas essential for human respiration

Answer 5

oxygen

Question 6

Symbol that indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance

Answer 6

pH

Question 7

Thin layer of tissue that covers internal body cavities and secretes a fluid that keeps the membrane moist

Answer 7

serous membrane

Question 8

first place that air is drawn into

Answer 8

nasal cavity

Question 9

what is the nasal cavity lined with

Answer 9

muscos membranes

Question 10

vertical partition of cartilage that nasal cavity is divided by

Answer 10

nasal septum

Question 11

receptors for the sense of smell

Answer 11

olfactory neurons

Question 12

throat

Answer 12

pharynx

Question 13

3 parts of the pharynx from superior to inferior

Answer 13

nasopharynx
oropharynx
laryngopharynx

Question 14

Within the nasopharynx is a collection of lymphoid tissue

Answer 14

adenoids

Question 15

(2) lymphoid tissue in oropharynx

Answer 15

palatine tonsils

Question 16

voice box

Answer 16

larynx

Question 17

leaf shaped structure on the larynx

Answer 17

epiglottis

Question 18

windpipe

Answer 18

trachea

Question 19

trachea divides into two branches called

what is the singular form of this word

Answer 19

bronchi

bronchus

Question 20

inner walls of the trachea and bronchi are composed of ______ (2)

Answer 20

mucous membrane

Question 21

smaller bronchus branches

Answer 21

bronchioles

Question 22

air sacs at the end of bronchioles

Answer 22

alveoli

Question 23

lie next to the thin tissue membranes of the alveoli to aid in gas exchange (2)

Answer 23

pulmonary capillaries

Question 24

space between left and right lung

Answer 24

mediastinum

Question 25

membrane lying closest to lung

Answer 25

visceral pleura

Question 26

membrane that lines the thoracic cavity

Answer 26

parietal pleura

Question 27

space between both pleura

Answer 27

pleural cavity

Question 28

muscular partition between chest and abdominal cavity

Answer 28

diaphragm

Question 29

drawing air in

Answer 29

inspiration

Question 30

air leaving the lungs

Answer 30

expiration

Question 31

largely involuntary action that moves air into (inspiration) and out of (expiration) the lungs (2)

Answer 31

pulmonary ventilation

Question 32

the exchange of O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and the blood in the pulmonary capillaries (2)

Answer 32

external respiration

Question 33

the movement of O2 to body cells and CO2 to the lungs by means of the cardiovascular system (4)

Answer 33

transport of respiratory gasses

Question 34

the exchange of O2 and CO2 between body cells and the blood in systemic capillaries.

Answer 34

internal respiration