Upper Respiratory
Warms, moistens, and filters incoming air
Nasal cavity
Flexible, cylindrical tube with 20 c-shaped rings of hyaline cartilage
Trachea
Inner most layer of the walls that make up the alimentary canal
Mucosa
Main component of bile that causes emulsification of fats
Bile salts
Units of heat used to express amount of energy in foods
Calories
Cells that produce mucus in the respiratory tract
Goblet cells
Number of lobes in the right lung
Three
Propelling of food in own direction through the alimentary canal using smooth muscle
Peristalsis
Organ that makes and secretes bile
Liver
Nutrients that the body cannot synthesize at all or in sufficient quantities and must be obtained from the diet
Essential nutrients
Largest cartilage structure in the larynx
Thyroid cartilage
Law that states pressure and volume of gases are inversely proportional
Boyle's law
Muscular organ responsible for the first two stages of the swallowing mechanism
Pharynx
Organ that stores and concentrates bile
Gallbladder
Required in large quantities such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins; essentially molecules that provide energy
Macronutrients
Epithelia that lines the entire respiratory tract
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelia
Group of cells on medulla oblongata that regulate the basic rhythm of breathing
Ventral respiratory group
Cell responsible for making hydrochloric acid
Parietal cells
Part of the small intestine does the pancreas secretes pancreatic juice into
Duodenum
Inorganic compounds that act as essential nutrients for cellular metabolism
Minerals
Bones that make up nasal septum
Ethmoid and vomer
Structure found on each side which is a region on the medial surface through which bronchus and large blood vessels enter
Hilum
Hormone that stimulates the release of bile and slows gastric motility
Cholecystokinin (CCK)
Duct that bile passes through leaving the gallbladder
Cystic duct
Organic compounds that act as essential nutrients required in small amounts for normal metabolic processes
Vitamins