Test 3 Flashcards
1
Q
pulmonary ventilation -
A
breathing
2
Q
External respiration -
A
alveoli and blood capillaries; exchange of gas between lungs and blood
3
Q
transport of respiratory gases -
A
oxygen is delivered to tissues and carbon dioxide is removed
4
Q
internal respiration -
A
gas exchange between blood and tissues
5
Q
Aerobic respiration is a _______ process
A
metabolic
6
Q
- filters, moistens, warms air
A
nose
7
Q
- long hairs of the nose that filters large particles
A
vibrissae
8
Q
- nostrils
A
nares
9
Q
- bone structure designed to slow movement of air, covered with mucosa
A
conchae
10
Q
- air passageway created by the conchae
A
metus
11
Q
- mucosa lined cavities in bone
A
paranasal sinuses
12
Q
- posterior to the hard plate
A
soft palate
13
Q
- terminus(end) of soft plate
A
uvula
14
Q
- throat
A
pharynx
15
Q
- voice box
A
larynx
16
Q
- opening between vocal chords for air
A
glottis
17
Q
- covers glottis during swallowing
A
epiglottis
18
Q
- vocal chord
A
vocal fold
19
Q
- adam’s apple (laryngeal prominence)
A
thyroid cartilage
20
Q
- anchors to the trachea
A
cricoid cartilage
21
Q
- wind pipe which consists of hyaline cartilage and c rings, it is flexible
A
trachea
22
Q
- lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
A
Bronchus
23
Q
clusters of alveoli
A
alveolar sacs -
24
Q
- sacs where gas exchange takes place, increases surface area
A
alveolar
25
Q
- dome shaped muscle of breathing
A
diaphragm
26
Q
______ is the apex of the lungs
A
cupula
27
Q
- pressure is inversely directed to the volume
A
Boyle’s law
28
Q
- increase in volume of the thoracic cavity
A
inspiration
29
Q
- decrease in the volume of thoracic cavity
A
expression