Respiratory System
Laryngeal Cartilages
Laryngeal Muscles
Velopharynx
Cranial Nerves
100
The number of pairs of ribs in the human skeleton.
What is twelve?
100
The largest of the laryngeal cartilages.
What is the thyroid cartilage?
100
The two broad categories of laryngeal muscles (based on location).
What are intrinsic and extrinsic laryngeal muscles?
100
The proper name of the soft palate.
What is velum?
100
The type of motor neuron that includes all cranial nerves.
What is lower motor neuron?
200
The primary muscle of inhalation.
What is the diaphragm?
200
The cartilage located at the top of the trachea.
What is the cricoid cartilage?
200
The only laryngeal abductor
What is the posterior cricoarytenoid?
200
The muscle that makes up the bulk of the velum.
What is the levator veli palatini?
200
The branch of the vagus nerve that innervates the intrinsic laryngeal muscles.
What is the recurrent laryngeal nerve?
300
The contribution of rectus abdominus to respiration.
What is muscle of forced expiration?
300
The paired cartilages that rest at the top of the top of the cricoid.
What are the arytenoid cartilages?
300
The function of the lateral cricoarytenoid
What is laryngeal adduction?
300
The bulge on the posterior pharyngeal wall against which the velum often makes contact.
What is Passavant's pad or ridge?
300
The branch of the vagus nerve that innervates the velum and pharyngeal constrictors.
What is the pharyngeal branch?
400
The amount of air moved in and out of the lungs during a cycle of respiration.
What is tidal volume?
400
The cartilages located at the apex of the arytenoids.
What are the corniculate cartilages?
400
The two portions of the cricothyroid.
What is pars recta and pars oblique?
400
The muscle that depresses the velum and/or elevates the tongue.
What is the palatoglossus?
400
The cranial nerve innervating the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
What is CN V Trigeminal?
500
An instrument comprised of an elastic band stretched around the chest and abdomen to measure movement
What is a plethysmograph?
500
The structure within which the cuneiform cartilages are located.
What are the aryepiglottic folds?
500
The two components of the thyroarytenoid.
What is (thyro)muscularis and (thyro)vocalis?
500
The landmark formed by the palatopharyngeus muscle.
What are the posterior faucial pillars?
500
The names of Phoebe's triplets.
What are Frank Jr Jr, Leslie, and Chandler?
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