The Air Passageways

Question 1

Cleansing of debris:

The initial cleansing is by the______________________________ in the nasal passageways

Answer 1

Nose hairs and mucus

Question 2

Adjusting the air to 100° humidity:

The Air in the lungs is saturated with…..

Answer 2

Water

Question 3

Cleansing of debris:

The cilia are in ________________ beating the debris laden mucus upwards towards the __________

Answer 3

Constant motion, pharynx

Question 4

Cleansing of Debris:

When the material is detected at the back of the mouth it is…

Answer 4

Swallowed or coughed up and spit out

Question 5

Adjusting the air body temperature:

The more contact it has with the moist tissues that are 37 Celsius the closer the temperatures of the inhaled air get to 37 Celsius. By the time the air gets to the alveoli, there is no…

Answer 5

Difference in the temperature than that of the surrounding tissues

Question 6

Cleansing of debris:

The second is the process that occurs further along where the accumulation of debris can no longer get out through the nose.
This is the role of the mucous lining and the…

Answer 6

Cilia along the trachea and bronchi

Question 7

Adjusting the air to 100° humidity:

One of the things that happens to the inhaled air is that…

Answer 7

It too becomes saturated with water.

This is an obvious outcome of having passed over the mucous line passageways

Question 8

Cleansing of debris:

Celia do not_______

Answer 8

Filter

Question 9

Cleansing of debris:

Pretty well any material other than the gases of the inhaled air will get caught in the….

Answer 9

Mucus

Question 10

What are the three things that happen to the air on its journey into the alveoli?

Answer 10

They are cleansed of debris

Adjusted to the body temperature

Adjusted to 100% humidity

Question 11

Cleansing of the air debris is a ____ step process

Answer 11

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