Soft Tissues of the Thorax and Respiratory Passageway #1

Question 1

What are the main soft tissues of the thorax and respiratory passageway?

Answer 1

• Oral and Nasal cavities
• Larynx
• Trachea
• Bronchi (bronchial tubes)
• Lungs

Question 2

What supports the trachea?

Answer 2

• 16-20 hyaline cartilage rings on the anterior portion of the trachea

Question 3

What lines the posterior wall of the trachea and gives it flexibility?

Answer 3

• Trachealis muscle

Question 4

What lines the inside of the trachea?

Answer 4

Ciliated epithelial mucous membrane

Question 5

What does the Ciliated epithelial mucous membrane do?

Answer 5

• has glands that secrete mucous to moisten incoming air
• moves particles out of the trachea via its cilia

Question 6

What is the Carina Trachea?

Answer 6

• The point where the trachea divides into bronchi

Question 7

What is posterior to the trachea?

Answer 7

• Esophagus

Question 8

D. Name & Description

Answer 8

• Mainstem bronchi (consists of two branches: the right bronchus and the left bronchus)

Question 9

C. Name & Description

Answer 9

• Secondary Bronchi (extend into the lobes of the lungs)

Question 10

E. Name & Description

Answer 10

• Tertiary Bronchi (smaller passageways extending into the bronchioles)

Question 11

A. Name & Description

Answer 11

• Bronchioles (Terminal bronchioles or terminal bronchioli)

Question 12

B. Name & Description

Answer 12

• Alveolar Ducts (Passageways into the alveoli)

Question 13

C. Name & Description

Answer 13

• Alveoli (Depressions in the alveolar sacs where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide in a network of capillaries