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The Respiratory System Flashcards

1
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What is the main function of the Respiratory System?

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Respiration

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What are the 3 steps of respiration?

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Pulmonary ventilation
External respiration
Internal respiration

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What is Pulmonary Ventilation?

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The mechanical flow of air in and out of the lungs.

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4
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What is External Respiration?

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It is gaseous exchange in the lungs

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5
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What is Internal Respiration?

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It is gaseous exchange in the tissues.

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6
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What are the 6 functions of the respiratory system?

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  • Respiration
  • helps to regulate Blood Ph
  • filters, warms,and moistensinspired air
  • produces sounds
  • rids thebody of some water and heat in exhaled air.
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7
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What are the 3 upper parts of the respiratory system?

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  • Nose
  • Nasal cavity
  • Pharynx
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8
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What are the 4 lower parts of the respiratory system?

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  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Bronchi
  • Lungs
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9
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What is the conduction zone?

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Its a series of tubes and cavities that conduct air in and out of the lungs

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10
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What is the respiratory zone?

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Its the tissues within the lungs that gas exchange occurs.

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11
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What is the external part of the nose made from?

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Skin and Cartilage and it is lined with a mucous membrane.

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What is the nose adapted for?

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Warming, moistening and filtering air. and olfaction and acting as a resonating chamber.

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13
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What is the pharynx?

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It is a funnel shaped tube that starts at the internal nares and extends a short way down the neck.

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Where is the pharynx?

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It’s behind the nasal and oral cavities and is composed of skeletal muscle lined with mucous membrane.

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15
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What is the nasopharynx?

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Its the passageway for air

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16
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What is the oropharynx?

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It is the passageway for air and food

17
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What is the larynx?

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Its the voice box and connects the pharynx and thetrachea.

18
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What 4 things does the larynx include?

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  • Thethyroid cartilage(Adam’s apple),
  • Theepiglottis,
  • Thecricoid cartilage,
  • Thevocal cords.
19
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What is the trachea?

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It joins the larynx to the primary bronchi

20
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What is the trachea made from?

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Smooth muscle and C-shaped rings of cartilage

21
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What does the trachea split into?

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Aright main (primary) bronchus, whichgoes to the right lung, and aleft main (primary) bronchus, whichgoes to the left lung.

22
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What does the main bronchi divide to form?

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Lobar or secondary bronchi

23
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What does Secondary bronchi divide to form?

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Segmental or tertiary bronchi.

24
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What does Segmental bronchi divide to form?

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Forms bronchioles.

25
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What do Bronchioles branch into?

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Terminal bronchioles

26
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Where are the lungs?

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In the thoracic cavity

27
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What is each lung enclosed in?

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Pleural membrane.

28
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What is the outer layer of the lung?

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Parietal pleura

29
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What is the inner layer of the lung?

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Visceral pleura

30
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How many lobes are in the right lung?

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3

31
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What does the left lung contain?

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2 Lobes, the depression and the cardiac notch

32
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Each lobeconsists of lobules containing what?

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lymphatic vessels, venules terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs and alveoli

33
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Where does gaseous exchange happen?

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In the respiratory membrane

34
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When does the diaphragm contract?

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when it receives nerveimpulses from the phrenic nerves

35
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What happens in external and internal respiration?

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O2 and C O2 move from areas of higher partial pressure to areas of lower partial pressure.

36
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What is external respiration?

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It is the exchange of gases between alveolar air and pulmonary blood capillaries.

37
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What is Internal respiration?

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It is the exchange of gases between systemic tissue capillaries and systemic tissue cells.

38
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how does blood transport it gases?

A

Between the lungs and body tissues.

39
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How much O2 in the blood is bound to haemoglobin?

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98.5%

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