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Upper Respiratory Tract

100

What are the ridged projections and grooved passageways in the nasal cavity called?

Ridges - 

Grooves - 

Ridges - Chonchae

Grooves - Meatuses

200

The __________  ________ is often referred to as the "air conditioning chambers" 

Nasal Cavity

300

Our throat is also known as the __________.

Parynx

400

Name the 4 paranasal sinuses, which is the largest?

Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Maxillary and Frontal

Maxillary is largest

500

Which structure forms a flap above the glottis during swallowing, which helps food and liquids enter the esophagus? "The guardian of the airways"

Epiglottis

Lower Respiratory Tract

100

The trachea, aka the ___________, connects the larynx to the bronchi.

windpipe

200

Which bronchi has a wider and steeper downward angle? Right or Left?

Right

300

Smaller bronchi called, ___________ have air sacs attached to them by a duct. These air sacs, or ___________ are the site of gas exchange in the lung. 

bronchioles, alveoli

400

Which bronchi has a wider and steeper downward angle? Right or Left?

Right

500

The right lung has ____ lobes and the left lung has _____. Which lung has the cardiac notch?

3 - right

2 - left

LEFT has cardiac notch

Pathologies

100

Another name for the common cold, inflammation of the mucous membranes and profuse discharge of mucus. 

Choryza, viral rhinitis

200

Pneumothorax is a collapsed ______. 

Lung

300

COPD consists of which 2 pathologies

Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

400

inflammation of the covering of the lungs

pleurisy

500

Name some of the signs and symptoms of the flu

fever, headache, and sinus congestion, body aches

Respiration and Misc

100

The main muscle of respiration

diaphragm 

200

Slow breathing is known as 

bradypnea

300

What fluid is on our alveoli that reduces surface tension and stabilizes the alveoli?

Surfactants

400

The trachea has 16-21 C shaped _________  ________ at regular intervals. These allow the esophagus to expand into the trachea as food is swallowed and keep the tracheal wall from collapsing as pressure changes during breathing. 

cartilaginous rings

500

Define elastic recoil and compliance

elastic recoil - ability for lungs to return to their pre-inhalation size

compliance - ease at which the lung and thorax expand during inhalation