Anatomy of the respiration system
Respiration
MISCELLANEOUS
Anatomy 2
Miscellaneous 2
100

Separates the left and right sides of the nasalcavity

What is the nasal septum

100
When the diaphragm contracts it makes the lungs __________________ in size.
What is INCREASE!
100
Through what part of the lungs does the oxygen get into the blood?
What is the ALVEOLI!
100

Connects larynx with bronchi

What is the trachea

100

Moving air into and out of the lungs

What is pulmonary VENTILATION

200
Anatomical name of the nostrils

What are Nares

200
What is commonly referred to as your voicebox?
What is your LARYNX!
200

What is it about the alveoli that makes it easy for oxygen to get into the blood? (2 things)

The amount of surface area of the 500 million alveoli and the THICKNESS (They're very thin!!!)

200

This bronchus is wider, shorter and straighter 

What is the right Bronchus

200

Primary function of the Respiratory System

What is gas exchange

300

Glottis

What is the opening between the vocal cords

300
What prevents food from going down your windpipe?
What is the EPIGLOTTIS!
300
The __________ lung is smaller to make room for you heart.
What is the LEFT LUNG.
300

Has 2 lobes - Has 3 lobes

What is left Lung - right lung

300

Functions of the passageways to the lungs

What is Purify, Humidify and Warm

400

Epiglottis - meaning and function

What is Above the glottis and to direct food and liquid to the stomach and allow air into the lungs

400

Oygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs through this process

What is diffusion

400
The alveoli are _____________ thick. Through these walls passes two main molecules, ______________, and ___________________.
What is ONE CELL, CARBON DIOXIDE, and OXYGEN!
400

Muscle that initiates the inhalation of  air into the lungs

What is the Diaphragm

400

Functions of the Sinnuses

What is Lighten the skull, Act as resonance chambers for speech, Produce mucus to moisten the air as it enters

500

Common passageways for air and food

What is the Oropharynx and the laryngopharynx

500
What are the parts of the respiratory system starting from the mouth...
PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, BRONCHIOLES, ALVEOLI.
500

Keeps the trachea from collapsing

What are C shape cartilage rings

500

Lines the inside wall of the thoracic cavity

What is the parietal pleura

500

Gas exchange at the alveoli

What is external respiration
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