Respiratory Anatomy
Respiratory Physiology
Digestive Anatomy
Digestive Physiology
100

Where are the tonsils located?

Pharyngeal Tonsils: nasopharynx

Palatine Tonsils: Oropharynx

100

Describe Inspiration and Expiration. 

Breathing in-flattens diaphragm

Breathing out-diaphragm becomes dome-shaped

100

What are the 3 accessory digestive organs?

Liver, gallbladder, pancreas

100

Where is the main site of nutrient absorption?

Small Intestine

200

What does the epiglottis do?

As we swallow, it folds over to seal off the larynx and routes food and liquid properly. 

200

What is the average P O2 in the air and blood?

Air: 100mmHg

Blood: 40mmHg

200

The GI tract is made of 3 layers. What are they? Deep to Superficial 

Mucosa

Submucosa

Muscularis

200

Does Ghrelin or Gastrin stimulate hunger?

Ghrelin

300

What is the difference between Stratified Epithelium and Respiratory Epithelium?

Epithelial: 

- mult. layers of epithelial cells

- protection

Respiratory

- 1 layer of pseudostratified epithelium 

- columnar cells w/cillia 

- goblet cells

300

What does the bicarbonate buffer do? (created in gas transport)

Helps keep blood pH steady (7.35-7.45)

CO2+H2O=H2CO3

300

What are the 3 salivary glands and where are they?

Parotid: massester muscles

Submandibular: inferior to mandible 

Sublingual: on floor of mouth cavity 

300

Which cells secrete pepsinogen that becomes pepsin for protein digestion? And where is this located?

Chief Cells in stomach

400

What are the 3 ligaments in the Larynx?

1. Thyriodhyoid ligament

2. Crycothyroid Ligament

3. Crycoidtracheal Ligament

400

When is the diffusion of oxygen most enhanced?

1. When air and blood are WARM

2. When PCO2 of tissues is HIGH

3. Presence of fetal hemoglobin

400

Which 2 sphincters encapsulate the stomach?

Cardiac Sphincter and Pyloric Sphincter

400

What does bile do?

In Liver it emulsifies fats (breaks large molecules down into smaller ones)

500

Label the lobes and fissures on the Lungs


500

How does acidosis occur?

Build up of CO2 in the blood. Making the blood pH too acidic (below 7.35). 

500

Label Digestive Organs



500

When and how is bile released from Gallbladder?

When fat is in duodenum it contracts. 

M
e
n
u