Wray- Respiratory System Flashcards
1
Q
What are Olfactory Receptors?
A
Allows the detection of smell
2
Q
Purpose of network of blood vessels in the nose
A
warms up the air
3
Q
Purpose of nasal hair
A
Collect and remove dust particles
4
Q
Purpose of mucus (2)
A
- Moisten air
- Trap bacteria and send them to stomach (via throat)
5
Q
Sinusitis
A
Over production of mucus by sinus
6
Q
Sinus headache: (3)
A
- High mucus production
- Blockage of passage between nasal cavity and sinuses
- Vacuum is created
7
Q
What is the pharynx?
A
Throat
- Connects the nasal passage –> larynx
8
Q
What is the Larynx? (4)
A
Voice box:
- Lined with rings of hyaline cartilage
- Contains vocal cords
- Contains the epiglottis
9
Q
What is the trachea?
A
Windpipe
- Tube in front of espohagus
- Contains hyaline cartilage to keep it open
10
Q
What is the bronchial tree?
A
- Bronchi
- Bronchioles
- Terminal Bronchioles
11
Q
Left Lung
A
- Superior Lobe
- Inferior Lobe
12
Q
Right Lung (3)
A
- Superior
- Middle
- Inferior
13
Q
What is the pulmonary pleura?
A
The membrane layer surrounding the lung
14
Q
What is the parietal pleura?
A
Membrane layer surrounding the thoracic cavity
15
Q
What is pleural space? (3)
A
- Space between 2 membranes
- Filled with pleural fluid
*Lung collapse