TERMS
MEDICAL TERM FOR WINDPIPE
TRACHEA
THE LEAF SHAPED CARTILAGE THAT COVERS THE LARYNX DURING SWALLOWING IS
EPIGLOTTIS
THE IRON CONTAINING PROTEIN THAT CARRIES OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD
HEMOGLOBIN
A SMALL SUBDIVISION OF A BRONCHUS IS A
BRONCHIOLE
SMALL AIR SACS IN THE LUNGS THROUGH WHICH GASES ARE EXCHANGED
ALVEOLI
A DEPRESSION ON BRONCHUS
HILUM
THE MOST SUPERIOR PORTION OF THE PHARYNX
NASOPHARYNX
THE NERVE THAT STIMULATES THE DIAPHRAGM
PHRENIC
THE PORTION OF THE PLEURA ATTACHED TO THE CHEST WALL IS
PARIETAL
RISE IN THE BLOOD LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE IS CALLED
HYPERCAPNIA
THE ADAMS APPLE IS FORMED BY
CARTILAGE
THE SAC COVERING EACH LUNG
PLEURA
CHEMORECEPTORS THAT REGULATE BREATHING ARE LOCATED IN THE_____________ _____________
CAROTID BODY
PORTION OF THE PLEURA ATTACHED TO THE LUNG SURFACE
VISCERAL
MOST OXYGEN TRANSPORTED IN THE BLOOD IS CARRIED BOUND TO
CARTILAGE RINGS SURROUND THE
TRACHEA
PART OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT THAT CONTAINS THE VOCAL CORDS
LARYNX
THE AMOUNT OF AIR THAT CAN BE EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS BY MAXIMUM EXHALATION FOLLOWING MAXIMUM INHALATION IS THE ________ _________
VITAL CAPACITY
COMPLIANCE
OXYGEN MOVES FROM THE LUNGS INTO THE BLOOD VIA THIS PROCESS
DIFFUSION
A DEFICIENCY OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD IS TERMED
HYPOXEMIA
SPACE BETWEEN THE VOCAL CORDS
GLOTTIS
THE NECK AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES ARE INVOLVED IN ____________EXHALATION
FORCEFUL
THE SUBSTANCE THAT BINDS CENTRAL CHEMORECEPTORS IS
HYDROGEN IONS