Respiratory System Vocab

Question 1

Adenoids

Answer 1

Lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx ; pharyngeal tonsils

Question 2

Alveolus, Alveoli

Answer 2

Air sac in lungs

Question 3

Apex of lungs

Answer 3

Tip or uppermost portion of the lung
*An Apex is the tip of a structure
Apical Means pertaining to or located at apex

Question 4

Base of the lung

Answer 4

lower portion of lung.
* Basilar means located at the base

Question 5

Bronchioles

Answer 5

Smallest branches of the bronchi -> terminal bronchioles lead to alveolar ducts

Question 6

Carbon Dioxide

Answer 6

Gas produced by body cells when oxygen and carbon atoms from food combine : exhaled through the lungs

Question 7

Cilia

Answer 7

Thin Hairs attached to the mucous membrane epithelium lining the respiratory tract. they clear bacteria anf foreign substances from the lung

Question 8

Diaphragm

Answer 8

Muscle separating the chest and abdonmen. it contracts to pull air into the lungs and relaxes to push air out

Question 9

Epiglottis

Answer 9

Lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing.

Question 10

Exhalation

Answer 10

Breathing out; Expiration

Question 11

Glottis

Answer 11

slit-like opening in larynx

Question 12

Hilum of the lungs

Answer 12

midline region where the bronchi, blood vessels and nerves enter and exit the lungs. Hilar means pretaining to(at) the hilum

Question 13

Inhalation

Answer 13

Breathing in; inspiration

Question 13

larynx

Answer 13

voice box; conatining the vocal cords

Question 14

lobe

Answer 14

Division of the lungs

Question 15

Mediastinum

Answer 15

Region between the lungs in the chest cavity

Question 16

Nares

Answer 16

Opening through the nose carrying air into the nasal cavities; nostrils

Question 17

Oxygen

Answer 17

gas that makes up 21 percent of the air we breathe. it passes into the bloodstream at them lungs and travels to all body cells

Question 18

Palatine Tonsils

Answer 18

one of a pair of almond shaped masses of lymphatic tissue in the oronpharynx
Palatine means pertaining to the roof of mouth

Question 19

Parietal Pleura

Answer 19

outter layer of the pleura llying closer to the ribs and chest wall

Question 19

Paranasal sinus

Answer 19

One of the air cavities in the bone near the nose

Question 20

Pharynx

Answer 20

Throat ; inclusing nasopharynx orophyranx and laryngopharynx

Question 21

Pleura

Answer 21

Double layered membrane surrounding each lung

Question 22

Pulmonary Parenchyma

Answer 22

Essential parts of the lung responsible for respiration : bronchioles and avleoli

Question 23

Pleura Cavity

Answer 23

Space between the layers of Pleura

Question 24

Respiration

Answer 24

Exchange of gases (02 & Co2) at the lung capillaries and within individual cells

Question 25

Trachea

Answer 25

Windpipe

Question 26

Visceral Pleura

Answer 26

Innerlayer of the Pleura lying closer to the lung tissue