Upper Respiratory Tract
What is the name of the structure that divides the nasal cavity from the oral cavity?
Palate
In what structure does gas exchange occur?
Alveoli
What muscle is responsible for contracting in an inferior direction to open the thoracic cavity?
Diaphragm
What is it called when someone has inflammed sinuses?
Sinusitis
What is the purpose of the respiratory mucosa?
Traps bacteria/viruses
What part of the upper respiratory tract increases the surface area and air turbulence in the nasal cavity?
Conchae
What is the main function of the lower respiratory tract?
Gas exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide)
Diffusion
What two diseases make up COPD? (partial credit possible)
Emphysema
Chronic bronchitis
Destroys cilia
Purifies,
Humidifies,
Warms incoming air
What is the name of the fluid that lies between the visceral and parietal pleuras?
Pleural fluid
What brain area controls the rate and depth of breathing?
Medulla oblongata
What condition disrupts airflow into the nose? (hint: it can happen after having a broken nose)
Deviated septum
Give 3 examples of non-respiratory air movements (partial credit possible)
Yawn, hiccup, cough, laugh, cry, talking
What structure is responsible for closing off the larynx so that food does not go down the trachea?
Epiglottis
What is the role of the cilia in the trachea?
Move bacteria UP and OUT of the lungs
List the 4 events of respiration (partial credit possible)
1) Pulmonary Ventilation
2) External respiration
3) Gas transport
4) Internal respiration
What respiratory sound (lung sound) might you hear in a patient that has asthma?
Wheezing
What is the role of the vocal cords in speech?
List the 3 main functions of the sinuses (partial credit possible)
- Produces mucus
- Lightens skull
- Acts as speech resonance chamber
After air passes through the secondary & tertiary bronchi, where does it go next?
Bronchioles
What happens in the step of internal respiration?
Gas exchange between blood and body tissues where oxygen diffuses into the tissue and carbon dioxide diffuses into the blood
What is the medical term used to describe a collapsed lung?
Pneumothorax
What respiratory sound (lung sound) is a result of a foreign, non-fluid obstruction in the lungs?
Stridor