Review Activity for Vertebrae, Lungs Flashcards
How many cervical vertebrae do humans have?
5
What are the names of the first two cervical vertebrae?
C1- Atlas, C2- Axis
The ribs attach to the thoracic vertebrae. There are how many of that type of vertebrae?
12 Thoracic vertebrae
Name 1 landmark (part) found on all vertebrae.
Vertebral arch
Define elasticity
the ability of a strained body to return to its original shape and size after being deformed, lungs are elastic
During inhalation, the thoracic cavity expands in which ways?
both the vertical dimension (due to the diaphragm contracting and moving downwards) and the anteroposterior dimension (due to the contraction of the external intercostal muscles which lift the rib cage upwards and outwards),
Vertebral column: how many vertebrae? Names.
33 vertebrae, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
What is the foramen magnum?
provides the opening for the spinal cord and beginning of the medulla oblongata
Location of the trachea? At the top of ? Bottom of ?
top-larynx, bottom- left and right bronchi
Trachea: number of the rings, length, carina, shape
16-20 C-shaped rings, approx. 11 cm in length, main carina- the ridge separating the openings of the right and left main bronchi at their junction with the trachea, U-shaped tube
What comprises the posterior wall of the trachea?
Trachealis muscle
What are the bronchus, bronchioles, and alveoli?
Your trachea divides into your left and right bronchi. The bronchi carry air into your lungs. At the end of the bronchi, the bronchioles carry air to small sacs in your lungs called alveoli. The alveoli perform your body’s gas exchange.
Lobes of the right and the left lungs?
Right – superior, middle, inferior. Left- superior, inferior
What compose the pectoral and the pelvic girdles?
Pectoral- clavicle, scapula. Pelvic- ilium, ischium, pubis
How are the lungs expanded or depressed?
The lungs adheres to the rib cage via the pleural membrane.
