Respiritory Parts Flashcards
Sinuses
Holes inside skull to produce mucus for the nasal cavity helps filter out bad stuff
Nasal cavity
The passage where you have turbinate bones that slow down and cleanse the air and moisten and warm up the air coming in
Pharynx
Whole back throat connecting nasal oral and larynx passages
Epiglottis
Flap the blocks the larynx area to avoid food and liquids in respiratory system
Larynx
The area connecting to the trachea where the glottis and epiglottis is located
Trachea
The main wind pipe contains cilia to cleanse the air connected to bronchi
Bronchi
Where the trachea sllits into two branches
Lungs
Right has 3 lobs left has 2 lobes to make room for heart contains the bronchi and bronchioles and alveoli and pleural membrane
Bronchioles
Branches of tubular shape branching from the bronchi
Alveoli
Where gas exchange occurs small microscopic sacs the have blood Capillaries containing hemoglobin in the erythrocytes doing the gas exchanging
Diaphragm
The smooth muscle separating the pleural cavity and digestive cavity controls air pressure in pleural cavity
Right lobe lung
Superior middle and inferior 3 lobes
Left lobe lung
Superior and inferior 2 lobes
Pleural membrane
The 2 layer membrane containing liquid that controls the friction
Abdominal cavity
Area below diaphragm and contains pelvic and digestive system
