Structural/Functional

Question 1

nose

Answer 1

lined w/ mucous membrane and fine hairs; it acts as a filter to moisten and warm the entering air

Question 2

nasal septum

Answer 2

partition separating the right and left nasal cavities

Question 3

(paranasal) sinuses

Answer 3

air cavities within the cranial bones that open into the nasal cavities

Question 4

pharynx

Answer 4

serves as a food and air passageway

Question 5

larynx

Answer 5

location of the vocal cords

Question 6

epiglottis

Answer 6

flap of cartilage that automatically covers the opening of the larynx and keeps food from entering the larynx

Question 7

trachea

Answer 7

passageway for air to the bronchi from the larynx

Question 8

bronchus/bronchi

Answer 8

one of two branches from the trachea that conducts air into the lungs, where it divides and subdivides

Question 9

lungs

Answer 9

spongy organs responsible for respiration (breathing)

Question 10

bronchiole

Answer 10

tube in the lung between the bronchus and the alveolus

Question 11

alveolus/alveoli

Answer 11

air sacs at ends of bronchioles where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged

Question 12

thorax/thoracic cavity

Answer 12

chest, between the neck and diaphragm

Question 13

diaphragm

Answer 13

muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity