Throat
Voice Box
Wind Pipe
Lungs
Mechanics of breathing
100
Pharynx
What is the 12.5 cm long tube that can be divided into three portions?
100
Located below the pharynx
What is larynx
100
The windpipe that is about 11cm long and extends from the larynx in the neck to the bronchi in the chest cavity
What is the trachea?
100
Pleura
What covers the outer surface of the lungs and lines the inner surface of the rib cage?
100
Exchange of gases between a living organism and it's environment
What is respiration?
200
Nasopharynx
What is upper most part of the pharynx behind the nasal cavaties
200
Several pieces of cartilage. The largest is the thyroid cartilage
What is Adam's apple?
200
15 to 20 C shaped rings of cartilage placed on above the other with only a little soft tissue between them
What is the trachea composed of?
200
Right and left bronchus are the first branches of the trachea
What is the primary bronchus?
200
Another term used to describe breathing
What is pulmonary ventilation?
300
Oropharynx
What is portion of pharynx behind the mouth?
300
2 short fibrous bands that stretch across the interior of the larynx responsible for voice
What is the vocal cords?
300
Tubes that branch from the trachea and contain cartilage as part of their sturcture
What is bronchi?
300
External expiration
What is exchange of gases between air in the lungs and in the blood?
400
Auditory or eustachian tubes
What is the tube that connects the middle ears with the nasopharynx and permits equalizing of air pressure?
400
Space between the vocal cords
What is glottis?
400
Heimlich
What is the method used to dislodge ingested food or foreign objects from the trachea?
400
Secondary bronchi
What is the smaller branches that come from the primary branch and are kept open by rings of cartilage for air passage?
400
Internal expiration
What is exchange of gases between the blood and the cells of the body?
500
Tonsils
What is mass of lymphatic tissue embedded in the mucous membrane?
500
Epiglottis
What is the cartilage that covers the opening of the larynx to prevent food from entering the trachea?
500
Provides part of the open passageway through which air can reach the lungs from the outside
What is the function of the trachea?
500
Very small passageways that branch from the secondary bronchi
What is the bronchioles?
500
Inspiration and expiration
What is inhaling and exhaling?
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