Respiratory System
This is the opening to the trachea
What is the Larynx
This is the superior most part of the respiratory system that extends from mouth and nose down to the bottom of the larynx
What is the upper airway?
The small vessels that surround alveolar sacs
What are capillaries
This is the inferior most aspect of the respiratory system that extends from trachea to the lungs
What is lower airway?
a large tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
What is trachea
This pulls down and causes air to rush into the chest cavity
Diaphragm
the small flap of soft tissue that closes off the trachea when you swallow
What is epiglottis
Another name for thyroid cartilage
What is Adam's apple?
The voicebox
larynx
This type of blood carries more CO2 than O2
What is deoxygenated blood
Air sacs
Alveoli
The Primary pulmonary vessels
Pulmonary Veins and Arteries
Malfunction where the bronchial tubes are inflamed
Bronchitis
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
What is respiration?
transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the environment and bloodstream in the lungs.
What is external respiration?
Define RESPIRATION
The act of drawing in oxygen and letting out CO2 through gas exchange in the lungs
smaller branches from the bronchi that enter the lungs
What are Bronchioles?
Inflammation of the mucus membrane of one or more of the paranasal sinuses
What is sinusitis
These flaps of tissue make your voice unique...as air passes through them
What is are vocal cords
These are the breathing processes
What ventilation, respiration, and oxygenation
Small moving hairlike structures that move mucous toward the back of the the throat.
What is cilia
Process which the oxygen molecules are loaded onto hemoglobin molecules in the bloodstream.
What is oxygenation?
4 functions of the respiratory system
- Brings O2 into the body
- Removes CO2 through the breathing process
- Helps regulate body temp
- Produces audio sounds