RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Question 1

Set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.

Answer 1

Respiratory System

Question 2

intake and exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body

Answer 2

Respiratory System

Question 3

a process that includes respiratory cycles of INSPIRATION and
EXPIRATION, air moves in and out of the respiratory tract.

Answer 3

Ventilation

Question 4

a process where air and blood exchange oxygen and
carbon dioxide in the lungs

Answer 4

Gas exchange

Question 5

What are the parts of the respiratory system?

Answer 5

nasal passages, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs.

Question 6

What are the functions of respiratory system?

Answer 6

1. Supplies the body with oxygen and disposes of carbon dioxide
2. Filters
3. Produces sound
4. Contains receptors for smell
5. Rids the body of some excess water and heat
6. Helps regulate blood pH

Question 7

what is the medical term for breathing?

Answer 7

Pulmonary ventilation

Question 8

What are the 2 cyclic phases of breathing?

Answer 8

Inhalation and exhalation

Question 9

It is also called inspiration; draw gases into the lungs

Answer 9

Inhilation

Question 10

It is also called expiration; forces gases out of the lungs

Answer 10

Exhalation

Question 11

the term often reserved for the external cartilage and bone forming the anterior wall of the nasal cavity,

Answer 11

Nose

Question 12

external/ openings of the nose are called?

Answer 12

nares

Question 13

its function is to warm air

Answer 13

paranasal sinuses

Question 14

what is the function of cilia?

Answer 14

filtering out foreign bodies

Question 15

wall dividing the nasal cavity into the right and left portion

Answer 15

nasal septum

Question 16

external openings at the inferior aspect of the noses

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External nares (nostrils)

Question 17

openings from the posterior nasal cavity to the pharynx

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internal nares

Question 18

floor of the nasal cavity

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hard palate

Question 19

TUBE that conducts tears from the conjunctiva over the eyes and empties into the nasal cavity.

Answer 19

Nasolacrimal duct

Question 20

Commonly called as THROAT

Answer 20

Pharynx

Question 21

pathway for both air and food

Answer 21

Pharynx

Question 22

3 sections of the pharynx

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Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx

Question 23

posterior to the nasal cavity. Contains the PHARYNGEAL TONSILS
tonsils (adenoid) which aid in the body’s immune defense.

Answer 23

Nasopharynx

Question 24

the middle portion of the pharynx, posterior to the oral cavity; contains the PALATINE TONSILS which aid in the body’s immune defense.

Answer 24

Oropharynx

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Laryngopharynx

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the most inferior portion of the pharynx, posterior to the larynx, where the RESPIRATORY TRACT DIVIDES into the esophagus and the larynx.

Question 26

Also called as the voice box

Answer 26

Larynx

Question 27

It prevents swallowed materials from entering the lower respiratory tract.

Answer 27

Larynx

Question 28

How many pieces of cartilage that fit together to form the wall of the larynx

Answer 28

9 pieces

Question 29

Also called as WINDPIPE, conducts air between the larynx above the bronchi below.

Answer 29

Trachea

Question 30

The trachea has _______ embedded in its anterior and lateral walls for support.

Answer 30

C-shaped cartilage rings

Question 31

TRUE OR FALSE: The left lung is smaller than the right lung

Answer 31

TRUE

Question 32

accommodates the heart

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cardiac notch

Question 33

It is located more superiorly in the body due to liver on right side

Answer 33

Right lung

Question 34

The outer surface of each lung and the adjacent internal thoracic wall are lined by a serous membrane called ____________.

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Pleura

Question 35

These are the spaces between the serous membrane layers

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Pleural cavities

Question 36

Air enters your lungs through a system of pipes called the _________.

Answer 36

bronchi

Question 37

The _________ are where the important work of gas exchange takes place between the air and your blood.

Answer 37

alveoli

Question 38

little blood vessel

Answer 38

capillaries

Question 39

At the bottom of the cavity is a large, flat muscle known as the __________.

Answer 39

diaphragm

Question 40

During inhalation, the diaphragm _______ and the rib cage rises _______.

Answer 40

contracts; rises up

Question 41

____________ fills the lungs as air rushes into the breathing passages.

Answer 41

Atmospheric pressure

Question 42

When the rib cage lowers and the diaphragm relaxes, pressure in the chest cavity is ________ than atmospheric pressure.

Answer 42

greater

Question 43

an instrument that measures the volume of air moved during the different phase of the respiratory cycle.

Answer 43

spirometer

Question 44

the volume of air moved into or out of the respiratory tract during NORMAL breathing.

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Tidal volume (TV)

Question 45

a supplementary volume, approximately ranging between 2500 to 3100 ml of air which could be effectively inhaled **after the inspiration of a STANDARD tidal volume.**

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Inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)

Question 46

the volume of air that can be expired FORCEFULLY after a NORMAL expiration.

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Expiratory reserve volume (ERV)

Question 47

the volume of air that can be expired after a forceful inspiration.

Answer 47

Vital capacity (VC)

Question 48

It is about the total volume of air around 1100 ml to 1200 ml RESIDING in the lungs

Answer 48

Residual volume

Question 49

What is the lung capacity of a healthy man?

Answer 49

6000 mL

Question 50

It is the total volume of air that can be expired after a maximum inhalation or maximum air that a person can breathe in after expiration.

Answer 50

Vital capacity