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VN 17 Respiratory System Study Guide Test 10- DONE Flashcards

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  1. DESCRIBE THE VESTIBULES (pg. 410)
A

The anterior portions of the nasal cavities just inside the nostrils

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  1. WHAT DOES THE SENSE OF SMELL DETECT? (pg.410)
A

Olfactory stimuli

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  1. WHERE IS THE NASOPHARYNX? (pg.504)
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uppermost portion of the pharynx located in the nose

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  1. WHAT CONNECTS THE PHARYNX AND THE TRACHEA? (pg.412)
A

The larynx (voicebox)

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  1. WHAT CONTROLS PITCH? (pg.427)
A

Pitch is controlled by tension on the true vocal cords.

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  1. DESCRIBE THE TRACHEA (pg.414)
A

-(windpipe) a tubular passageway for air approximately 4.5 inches in length and about 1 inch in diameter.
-It is found anterior to the esophagus

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  1. DESCRIBE THE LOBAR BRONCHI (Pg.427 & 415)
A

divisions of the primary bronchi that go into the lobes of the lungs

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  1. DESCRIBE THE LUNGS (Pg.416)
A

paired, cone-shaped organs located in and filling the pleural divisions of the thoracic cavity

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  1. TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES SUBDIVIDE INTO MICROSCOPIC BRANCHES CALLED
    WHAT? (Pg.417)
A

Respiratory bronchioles

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  1. WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR ALVEOLAR DUCTS? (Pg.417)
A

atria

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  1. DEFINE EXTERNAL RESPIRATION (Pg.418)
A

is the exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood

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  1. WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY (Pg.425)
A

is the volume of gas in the lungs at the end of a normal tidal volume exhalation.

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  1. WHAT ARE PULMONOLOGISTS (Pg.425)
A

physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs.

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  1. WHAT IS THE SEPTUM? (pg.410 & back matter)
A

a vertical partition that divides the nose into right & left nasal cavities

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  1. WHAT ARE ALVEOLI? (pg.491)
A

Grapelike outpouchings of epithelium & elastic basement membrane surrounded externally by a capillary network

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  1. WHAT SECRETES SURFACTANT? (pg.417)
A

Certain alveolar cells (type 11 pneumoncytes that are cuboidal or round in shape)

17
Q
  1. WHAT IS A FAUCES? (pg.412 & back matter)
A

opening to the oropharynx which connects with the mouth

18
Q
  1. WHAT ARE THE THREE UNPAIRED PIECES OF CARTILAGE IN THE LARYNX? (pg.412)
A

Thyroid cartilage, epiglottis & cricoid cartilage

19
Q
  1. WHERE DOES MUCUS COME FROM? (pg.410,499)
A

goblet cells

20
Q
  1. IN WHAT DIRECTION DOES THE DIAPHRAGM MOVE? (pg.419)
A

diaphragm contracts, it moves downward and flattens & the height of the thoracic cavity increases.

21
Q
  1. WHAT OTHER SYSTEM DOES THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM WORK VERY
    CLOSELY WITH?
A

Cardiovascular system

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