VN 17 TEST RESPIRATORY Flashcards
DESCRIBE THE VESTIBULES
Air is warmed moistened and filtered through nose
Olfactory stimuli are detected for the sense of smell
Large hallow resonating chambers are present for creating speech sounds
WHAT DOES THE SENSE OF SMELL DETECT?
Olfactory stimuli
WHERE IS THE NASOPHARYNX?
The upper most portion, it has four openings in it’s walls two internal nares
And just behind those are two openings to the auditory
WHAT CONNECTS THE PHARYNX AND THE TRACHEA?
Larynx aka voice box
WHAT CONTROLS PITCH?
Controlled by tension of the true vocal cords
DESCRIBE THE TRACHEA
Aka wind pipe
It is tubular passage way for air about 4.5in. Length and 1 in. Diameter it is found on the anterior of the esophagus and extends from the cricoid cartilage of the larynx to the fifth thoracic vertabre
Where it is divided into the right and left primary bronchi
DESCRIBE THE LOBAR BRONCHI
DESCRIBE THE LUNGS
The lungs are paired cone shaped organs located in and filling the pleural division of the thoracic cavity
TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES SUBDIVIDE INTO MICROSCOPIC BRANCHES CALLED
WHAT?
Respiratory bronchioles
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR ALVEOLAR DUCTS?
Atria
DEFINE EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
Is the exchange of gases between lungs n blood
WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY
FRC IS THE VOLUME of gas in the lungs at the end of normal tidal volume exhalation
FRC is equal to the residual volume plus the expiratory reserve
WHAT ARE PULMONOLOGISTS
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatments of diseases of the lungs
WHAT IS THE SEPTUM?
Divides the nose into left and right nasal cavities
WHAT ARE ALVEOLI?
Are grape like outpouching of epithelium and elastic basement membrane surrounded external by the capillary network
