Respiratory System

Question 1

Pulmonary ventilation

Answer 1

moving air into and out of the lungs

Question 2

external respiration

Answer 2

pulmonary gas exchange between blood and alveoli

Question 3

internal respiration

Answer 3

exchange of gases between blood and cells at capillary beds

Question 4

tidal volume

Answer 4

the amount of air that moves Into and out of the lungs during normal, quiet breathing. About 500mL

Question 5

Respiratory capacity

Answer 5

how much air moves into and out of the lungs under different conditions. Affected by size, gender, and physical condition

Question 6

inspiratory reserve volume

Answer 6

the amount of air that can be inhaled forcibly after a normal inhalation

Question 7

expiatory reserve volume

Answer 7

the amount of air that can be forcibly exhaled after a normal exhale

Question 8

residual volume

Answer 8

the amount of air that remains in the lungs even after a forceful exhalation

Question 9

vital capacity

Answer 9

the amount of air that can be exchanged. TV + IRV + ERV

Question 10

thyroid cartilage

Answer 10

(adams apple) male DNA = larger

Question 11

cricoid cartilage

Answer 11

attaches larynx to trachea, internally arytenoid cartilage

Question 12

trachea

Answer 12

20 c-shaped cartilaginous rings (mucous), wind pipe

Question 13

Epiglottis

Answer 13

opens and closes when food is swallowed

Question 14

vestibular folds

Answer 14

false vocal chords, helps to close off food

Question 15

vocal chords (glottis)

Answer 15

elastic muscle that creates your voice, louder = grater force of air

Question 16

bronchi

Answer 16

2, first branches

Question 17

goblet cells

Answer 17

type of mucous membrane

Question 18

bronchioles

Answer 18

smaller tubes that branch like a tree, 20 levels of branching

Question 19

alveoli

Answer 19

a grape like object thats surrounded by capillaries, sufactant lining them to prevent collapse

Question 20

bronchialdialation

Answer 20

bigger bronchioles

Question 21

bronchioristriction

Answer 21

smaller bronchioles, allergic reaction or hyperventilation

Question 22

right lung

Answer 22

3 lobes

Question 23

left lung

Answer 23

2 lobes

Question 24

serious fluid

Answer 24

lubricates the pleural cavity

Question 25

visceral pleura

Answer 25

inner, attached to lungs surface

Question 26

parietal pleura

Answer 26

outer, lines the thoracic cavity