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CAPS 391 - Gross Human Anatomy > The Respiratory System - Pre-Lung > Flashcards

The Respiratory System - Pre-Lung Flashcards

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What Structures make up the Upper Respiratory System?

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  • The Nose & Nasal Cavities
  • The Paranasal Sinuses
  • The Nose
  • The Pharynx
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What Structures make up the Lower Respiratory System?

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  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Bronchi
  • Lungs
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What two zones make up the Functional Classification of the Respiratory System?

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  • Conducting Zone

- Respiratory Zone

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What are the Functions of the Conducting Zone?

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  • Filter Air
  • Regulate Temperature
  • Moisten Air
  • Conduct Air to Lungs
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What Structures make up the Conducting Zone of the Respiratory System?

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  • Paranasal Sinuses
  • Nose
  • Pharynx
  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Bronchi
  • Bronchioles and Terminal Bronchioles
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What is the Function of the Respiratory Zone of the Respiratory System?

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  • Gas Exchange between Air and Blood
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What Structures make up the Respiratory Zone of the Respiratory System?

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  • Respiratory Bronchioles
  • Alveolar Ducts
  • Alveolar Sacs
  • Alveoli
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What is the External Nose?

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  • Anterior Extension of Nasal Cavities
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What Bones make up the External Nose?

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  • Frontal Bone
  • Nasal Bones
  • Maxilla
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What Cartilages make up the External Nose?

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  • Nasal Cartilages
  • Septal Cartilages
  • Alar Cartilages
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Describe the Nasal Cavity?

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  • Two Osseocartilaginous spaces separated by the nasal septum
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What are the Boundaries of the Nasal Cavity?

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  • Superiorly (the roof) - Ethmoid bone
  • Inferiorly (the floor) - Formed by the maxillary and palatine bones (the hard palate) which separates the nasal and oral cavities
  • Lateral Wall - Carries inferiorly pointing curved bone shelves
  • Medial Wall - Formed by the nasal septum
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What are the Three Concha of the Nasal Cavity?

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  • Superior concha
  • Middle Concha
  • Inferior Concha
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What are the passageways that are formed by the Conchae?

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  • Groove-like passageways that receive the paranasal sinuses and nasolacrimal ducts ( the superior, middle, and inferior meatus)
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What is the Nasal Septum made of?

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  • Ethmoid Bone (perpendicular plate)
  • Vomer Bone
  • Septal Cartilage
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What does the superior extension of the Perpendicular plate form?

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  • The Crista Galli
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What are Paranasal Sinuses?

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  • Air-filled spaces in the skull that are lined with respiratory mucosal membrane and open on the lateral wall of the nasal cavities
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Where are the Paranasal Sinuses located?

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Contained Within

  • Frontal Bone: frontal sinuses (Nasal cavity opening - middle concha)
  • Ethmoid Bone: Ethmoidal Sinuses
  • Sphenoid Bone: Sphenoidal Sinuses (Nasal Cavity Opening (superior nasal meatus)
  • Maxillary Bone: Maxillary Sinus
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What is the Function of the Paranasal Sinuses?

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  • Lighten the Skull
  • Humidification
  • Thermoregulation
  • Resonate Voice
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What Nerve provides general sensation of the external nose, nasal cavities, and paranasal sinuses?

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  • Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal Nerve
  • V1: Opthalamic
  • V2: Maxillary
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What Nerve innervates smell?

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  • Cranial Nerve I: Olfactory Nerve
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What supplies blood to the External Nose?

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  • Facial Artery
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What supplies blood to the Nasal Cavity and Sinuses?

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  • Maxillary Branch of External Carotid
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What is the Pharynx?

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  • Muscle tube that acts as conduit for air and food
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Where is the Pharynx located?

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  • Starts at the base of the Skull

- Ends at the Esophagus at CVI vertebra

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What is the Pharynx Subdivided into?

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  • Nasopharynx
  • Oropharynx
  • Laryngopharynx
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Where is the Nasopharynx subdivision of the Pharynx located?

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  • Posterior to the nasal cavity and above the soft palate
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What are the important landmarks of the Nasopharynx?

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  • Pharyngeal Tonsil on the roof

- The Auditory (Eustachian) Tubes on the lateral wall

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What do the Auditory (Eustachian) Tubes do?

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  • Functions to equalize air pressure between middle ears and the pharynx
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What innervates the mucosal membrane of the Nasopharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal

- V2: Maxillary

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What Nerve Innervates the Intrinsic Muscles of the Nasopharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve X: Vagus Nerve
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What Supplies blood to the Nasopharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • The Branches of the External Carotid
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Where is the Oropharynx Subdivision of the Pharynx Located?

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  • Posterior to the oral cavity, extending from the soft palate to the superior border of the epiglottis
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What important landmarks are apart of the oropharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • the Palatine Tonsils on the lateral walls

- Palatoglossal and Palatopharyngeal folds

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What innervates the mucosal membrane of the Oropharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve IX: Glossopharyngeal
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What innervates the intrinsic muscles of the Oropharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve X: Vagus Nerve
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What supplies blood to the oropharynx subdivision of the pharynx?

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  • Branches of External Carotid
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Where is the Laryngopharynx subdivision of the Pharynx located?

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  • Behind the Larynx, extending from the epiglottis to the beginning of the esophagus
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What innervates the Mucosal Membrane of the Laryngopharynx subdivision of the Pharynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve X: Vagus Nerve
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What innervates the intrinsic muscles of the Laryngopharynx Subdivision of the pharynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve X: Vagus Nerve
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Where is the Larynx Located?

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  • Infront of the CIV-CVI Vertebrae

- Between the Laryngopharynx superiorly and the trachea inferiorly

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What is the function of the Larynx?

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  • Phonation
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What is the Larynx Formed by?

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  • 9 cartilages connected by intrinsic laryngeal muscles, membranes, and ligaments
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What are the Unpaired Cartilages?

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  • Thyroid Cartilage
  • Cricoid Cartilage
  • Epiglottis Cartilage
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What are the Paired Cartilages?

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  • Arytenoid
  • Corniculate
  • Cuneiform
46
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What is the Thyroid Cartilage formed by?

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  • The fusion of two laminae
47
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What does the Thyroid Cartilage form?

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  • The laryngeal prominence (adam’s apple) anteriorly
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What does the Thyrohyoid membrane connect?

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  • The superior border of the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone
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What does the Criocothyroid Membrane Connect?

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  • The inferior border of the thyroid cartilage to the cricoid cartilage
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What do the Laminae of the Cricoid Cartilage articulate with?

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  • The arytenoid cartilage superiorly
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What does the inferior border of the Cricoid Cartilage connect to?

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  • The first ring of the trachea via the cricotracheal ligament
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What does the Epiglottic Cartilage do?

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  • Acts as a lid to close the entrance of the larynx during swallowing
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What two ligaments are stretched between the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages?

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  • Vestibular Ligaments

- Vocal Ligaments

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What are the Vestibular Ligaments?

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  • False vocal folds (vestibular folds) that do not vibrate during phonation
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What are the Vocal Ligaments?

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  • True vocal folds (or vocal folds) that vibrate during phonation
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What are the Laryngeal Spaces?

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  • Vestibule: the area superior to the vestibular folds

- Infraglottic space: the area inferior to the vocal folds

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what does the middle region extension of the larynx form?

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  • Ventricles
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What Innervates the mucosal membrane of the larynx?

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  • Cranial Nerve X: Vagus Nerve
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What supplies blood to the Larynx?

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  • The Superior Thyroid branch of the external carotid and thyrocervical branch of the subclavian artery

CAPS 391 - Gross Human Anatomy (33 decks)

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