Respiratory System Flashcards
What organs are part of the respiratory system?
Pharynx, Trachea, lungs, brochial passagways, and larynx
What is the function of the Respiratory System?
Form a ventilation system from lungs, pharynx, trachea, and brochial passaways. Which brings in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the blood, while helping to maintain the acidity of the blood. Larynx prouduces sounds.
What does the largopharynx connect to?
Trachea
What are three paired hyaline cartilage structures?
Arytenoid, Cuniform, and corniculate.
What are three single cartilage strucutures?
Thyroid, Crioid, and Epiglottis
The vocal folds attach via small muscles to the _____ cartilage.
Arytenoid cartilage (ladle-like)
The largest cartilage, ______, is seen anteriorly and has a prominance called the Adam’s apple, which is made of hyaline cartilage.
Thyroid cartilage
The ______ cartilage, which is inferior to the thyroid cartilage, is larger on the posterior side than on the anterior side and consists of hyaline cartilage .
Cricoid cartilage
The oval-shaped ____ is composed of elastic cartilage and closes over the glottis during swallowing.
Epiglottis
The superior folds are the _____, or false vocal cords, while the ______ or true vocal cords are inferior and medial.
Ventricular (little belly), folds (vesitbular folds) create sound
Vocal folds
What is the function of trachea?
Conducts air in the larynx –> bronchi conducts the main airway
What are the C-shaped cartilage rings called?
Cricoid cartilage
What are two functions of the trachealis muscle?
It connects the open sides of the C-shaped cartilage and it allows expansion of the esphagus into the trachea during swallowing.
Where does the trachea end?
At the carina which is located inferiorly and branches into a shorter right and longer left primary bronchus.
Which part on the bronchial tree is the conducting zone?
1) Trachea
2) Primary Bronchi
3) Secondary Bronchi
4) Tertiary Bronchi
5) Bronchioles
6) Terminal Bronchioles
What is the purpose of the conducting zone?
It is the function of the respiratory system conducting air from the nose to terminal bronchioles.
Which part of the bronchial tree is the respiratory zone?
1) Respiratory bronchioles
2) Alveolar Ducts
3) Alveolar sacs
4) Alveoli
What is the purpose of the respiratory zone?
It gives us a deeper insight of air traveling down to the smallest part of the bronchial tree.