The Respiratory System

Question 1

This system takes the air that we breathe, and provides or gas exchange (which takes place in the capillaries)

Answer 1

What is the respiratory system?

Question 2

This system, transports blood containing these gases between the lungs and body cells

Answer 2

What is the circulatory system? 

Question 3

The overall exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood and cells is called this.

Answer 3

What is respiration?

Question 4

1. Pulmonary ventilation (the movement of air in and out of lungs), 2.external respiration, (the exchange of gases between the air sacs of the lungs) and 3. internal respiration (the exchange of gases between systemic blood, capillary, and tissue cells) are three types of this subdivision of the overall exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood and cells.

Answer 4

What are the three subdivisions of respiration?

Question 5

The movement of air into an out of the lungs, a rhythmic movement, a rib cage (thorax) involving inspiration and expiration of air between the lungs and the atmosphere

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What is pulmonary ventilation?

Question 6

The exchange of gases between the alveoli/air sacks of the lungs and the pulmonary capillaries of the blood vascular system. This is the exchange between lungs and blood.

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What is external respiration?

Question 7

The exchange of gases between the systemic blood capillaries and the tissue cells

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What is internal respiration?

Question 8

This upper respiratory tract, body part is located in the center of the face, and is the preferred entrance of the respiratory system, and is divided into an internal and external portion

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 what is the NOSE

Question 9

Distortion of the nose is visible, consist of supporting framework of bone, composed of cartilage and is covered with muscle and skin, and is lined with mucus membrane

Answer 9

What is the external portion of the nose.

Question 10

This is the proper term for nostrils

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What are Nares

Question 11

Located in the anterior aspect of the skull, this portion of the nose lies inferior to the nasal bone and superior to the mouth, is also lined with mucus, and contains Cilia, which traps airborne particles (contains the nasal cavity)

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What is the internal portion of the nose?

Question 12

This part of the nose is found within the internal portion of the nose. It is the vertical partition located between two nasal cavities. It is composed of bone in cartilage, and covered with mucus membrane, and divides the nasal cavity into right and left portions.

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What is the nasal septum?

Question 13

This part of the nasal septum is a superior portion of the nasal septum

Answer 13

What is the perpendicular plate of the
Ethmoid bone.

Question 14

This is the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal septum

Answer 14

What is the vomer?

Question 15

This is the interior and remaining part of the nasal septum

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What is the septial cartilage?

Question 16

This cavity of the nose contains the sinuses, the nasal concha, and the posterior nares

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What is the nasal cavity?

Question 17

This air- filled cavity opens into the nasal cavities, and they are all lined with ciliated mucus membrane that are continuous throughout

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What is a sinus a.k.a. paranasal sinus

Question 18

The frontal sinus, the Ethmoidal, sinus maxillary, a.k.a. antrum’s of highMoore and spinal are all these

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What are the four paranasal sinuses?

Question 19

These Three paired turbinate bones can be found within the nasal cavity

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What is the superior middle and inferior nasal conchae

Question 20

This is the opening between the nasal cavity, and the nasopharynx.

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What is the posterior nares, a.k.a. internal nares, a.k.a. posterior choanae a.k.a. internal choanae

Question 21

The 4 functions of this body part include 1. Warms incoming air via nasal concha. 2. Moisten air via the mucus membrane.3. Filters air via Cilia and 4. contains olfactory stimuli.

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What are the four functions of the nose?

Question 22

The nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and the laryngopharynx are the three portions of this body structure.

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What is the pharynx?

Question 23

These tubes connect the middle ear with the nose and nasopharynx in our lines with a mucous membrane. They function to equalize pressure between the pharynx and the middle ear.

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What are the eustachian tubes a.k.a. auditory tubes?

Question 24

This respiratory organ is a short passageway, which connects the laryngopharynx with the trachea is located in the midline of the neck interior to see for C5 and C6, and functions as voice production 

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What is the larynx

Question 25

This part is the largest and most superior part of the larynx cartilage and is formally known as the Adams apple is comprised of Hyaline cartilage, and is located on the anterior wall of the larynx

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 what is thyroid cartilage?

Question 26

This large leaf shaped piece of elastic cartilage lies on top of the larynx, and is the opening to the larynx located in the space between the larynx and the pharynx

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What is the epiglottis?

Question 27

This is the larynx most inferior piece of cartilage. It is made of hyaline cartilage and is attached to the tracheas first ring of Cartilage

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What is cricoid’s cartilage?

Question 28

This passageway for air measures about 5 inches long and is informally known as the windpipe located anterior to the esophagus

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What is the trachea?

Question 29

The outer wall of THIS structure is composed of 16 to 20 incomplete C-shaped rings of highline cartilage. These rings are stacked one on top of the other and the open part of the cartilage faces The esophagus, the solid C part provides rigid support, so the wall doesn’t collapse and obstruct the passageway of air.

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What is the trachea structure?

Question 30

This structure contains the trachealis muscle, which is composed of traverse smooth muscle and elastic tissue and is known to stabilize open end of cartilage so the trachea doesn’t collapse anywhere and obstruct the passage of air

Answer 30

What is the trachea structure?

Question 31

This structure terminates at the sternal angle, a.k.a. angle of Louis

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What is the trachea?

Question 32

There are 10 of these bronchi for each lung, and they supply a portion of the Long known as the broncopulmonary segment… and this part further divides into bronchioles.

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What are tertiary bronchi a.k.a. Segmental bronchi

Question 33

The right lung of the structure contains three bronchi; The left lung contains two.

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What is secondary bronchi a.k.a. Lobar bronchi.

Question 34

These branches are smaller than tertiary branches, and will branch repeatedly into the smallest type of bronchi known as terminal ____.

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What are bronchioles

Question 35

The base of the structure is a broad inferior surface which rest on the diaphragm

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What is the base of the lung?

Question 36

This is a slight indentation, located on the medial surface of each lung, through which bronchi pulmonary blood vessels, and nerves enters and exits

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What is Hilum or Hilus?

Question 37

This concave depression is located medially on the left lung in which the heart lies

Answer 37

What is the cardiac notch?

Question 38

How many lobes does the right lung have?

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What is three.

Question 39

How many lobes does left Lung have?

Answer 39

What is two?