Respiratory System

Question 1

What our the functions of the Respiratory System?

Answer 1

-Provides an area for gas exchange between the blood and air.
-Carbon dioxide into the lungs, oxygen into blood.
-Prepare air for the lungs by warming, moistening, and filtering it.
-Produces sounds as air passes through the vocal folds.
Aids the sense of smell.

Question 2

What are the two large cavities in the trunk? What are they separated by?

Answer 2

There are two large cavities in the trunk: the thoracic and abdominal.
-Separated by the diaphragm.

Question 3

Most of the 
respiratory 
organs are located in the _______ ______.

Answer 3

Most of the 
respiratory 
organs are
located in the 
thoracic cavity.

Question 4

Each of body cavities and many of the organs within are lined with a ____ _______lot similar in width to Saran Wrap.

Answer 4

Each of these body cavities and many of the organs within are lined with a thin covering similar in width to Saran Wrap.

Question 5

Visceral pleura covers the surface of organs, such as the _____.

Answer 5

Visceral pleura covers the surface of organs, such as the lungs.

Question 6

The walls of the cavity are covered by _______ _______.

Answer 6

The walls of the cavity are covered by parietal pleura.

Question 7

What’s is the external structure of the nose made up of?

Answer 7

-Framework of Bones and Hyaline
-Cartilage
-Nasal Septum
-Nostrils

Question 8

The two ______ layers are separated by a layer of ______ fluid that allows for low- friction gliding.

Answer 8

The two pleural layers 
are separated by a layer of 
pleural fluid that 
allows for low-friction 
gliding.

Question 9

The superior surface of the Nasal cavity is covered with _______ receptors, nerves that detect _____.

Answer 9

The superior surface is covered with olfactory receptors, nerves that detect smell.

Question 9

The superior surface of the Nasal cavity is covered with _______ receptors, nerves that detect _____.

Answer 9

The superior surface is covered with olfactory receptors, nerves that detect smell.

Question 10

The rest of the cavity is lined with __________ ciliated columnar epithelium.
Moistens _______ ____.
Filters foreign particles (dust, bacteria)

Answer 10

-The rest of the cavity is lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.
-Moistens incoming air.
-Filters foreign particles (dust, bacteria)

Question 11

The _____ cells produce a sticky secretion to trap _____ particles.

Answer 11

The mucous cells produce a sticky secretion to trap foreign particles.

Question 12

The ______ columnar epithelium propels the ______ towards the _______, where it is swallowed.

Answer 12

The ciliated columnar epithelium propels the mucous towards the pharynx, where it is swallowed.

Question 13

The ____ cavity and ____ cavity are separated by the bony _____ palate and the ____ palate, made of ________.

Answer 13

The nasal cavity and oral cavity are separated by the bony hard palate and the soft palate, made of cartilage.

Question 14

The nasal cavity contains _________?

Answer 14

The nasal cavity contains sinuses

Question 15

The nasal cavity contains sinuses in that :

Answer 15

-Lighten the skull
-Act as resonance chambers for speech
-Produce mucus
-Sinusitis causes swelling and blockage of drainage into the nasal cavities.

Question 16

Nasal _______ are curled _____ shelves in the nasal _____ that force air flow over the largest surface area of ____ possible.

Answer 16

Nasal conchae are curled bone shelves in the nasal cavity that force air flow over the largest surface area of cilia possible.

Question 17

Air exits the nasal _____ through the _________.

Answer 17

Air exits the nasal cavity through the nasopharynx.

Question 18

How does the Pathway of breathing nasal cavity to lungs work?

Answer 18

• Air first enters the nasal and oral cavity, then the pharynx.
• The pharynx is divided into:
• Nasopharynx: Behind the nasal cavity.
• Oropharynx: Behind the oral cavity.
• Laryngopharynx: Above the trachea.

Question 19

Where do the nasal cavities open above the soft palate?

Answer 19

Where the nasal cavities open above the soft palate
A.) Uvula, soft palate
B.) Eustachian (Auditory) tubes
C.) Pharyngeal tonsils (adenoids)
D.) PSCC

Question 20

What are the respiratory structures of the pharynx?

Answer 20

1.) Nasopharynx
2.) Oropharynx
A.) Fauces (faucial pillars/arch)
B.) Palatine tonsils - near soft palate
C.) Lingual tonsils - at the back of the tongue.
D.) Stratified squamous/skeletal muscle

Question 21

How does the Larynx work?

Answer 21

Air must then flow past the epiglottis, a flap of elastic cartilage that routes food to the esophagus and air to the trachea.

Question 22

Epiglottis

Answer 22

A flap of elastic cartilage that routes food to the esophagus and air to the trachea.

Question 23

What does the larynx close off during swallowing?

Answer 23

Closes off the trachea during swallowing.

Question 24

Directly below the epiglottis is the…….

Answer 24

Directly below the epiglottis is the larynx

Question 25

______________ are cameras placed into the ______ to observe the ______.

Answer 25

Laryngoscopes are cameras placed into the pharynx to observe the epiglottis.

Question 26

The larynx contains the _____ cords, which _______ to produce sound.

Answer 26

The larynx contains the vocal cords, which vibrate to produce sound.

Question 27

The vocal ____ are located directly posterior to the ______ cartilage, which is externally described as the “______ _______.”

Answer 27

The vocal folds are located directly posterior to the thyroid cartilage, which is externally described as the “Adam’s apple.”

Question 28

The ______ cartilage covers the area where the ______ joins with the ______ and provides posterior support to the ______.

Answer 28

The cricoid cartilage covers the area where the larynx joins with the trachea and provides posterior support to the larynx.

Question 29

______ and ______ protect _____ and entrance to the _______

Answer 29

Thyroid and cricoid protect glottis and entrance to the trachea

Question 30

The trachea Connects with?

Answer 30

Connects the larynx with the bronchi.

Question 31

The _______ is about a 4-inch tube that delivers ____ into the _____ of the lungs.

Answer 31

The trachea is about a 4-inch tube that delivers air into the bronchi of the lungs.

Question 32

The trachea Lined with ______ C-shaped _______ cartilages that stiffen the walls of the trachea and prevent it from closing.

Answer 32

Lined with 15-20 C-shaped tracheal cartilages that stiffen the walls of the trachea and prevent it from closing.

Question 33

The trachea is Lined with ______________ ciliated columnar epithelium.

Answer 33

Lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.

Question 34

_____ continuously beats in the opposite direction of ________ _____.

Answer 34

Cilia continuously beats in the opposite direction of incoming air

Question 35

The trachea Moves _____ away from the ______ and out of the _________ tract.

Answer 35

Moves mucus away from the lungs and out of the respiratory tract.

Question 36

Bronchi deliver air into the ______.

Answer 36

Bronchi deliver air into the lungs.