Upper Tract
Which cells in the lamina propria of the nose secrete mucous?
What is the other term used for the windpipe?
Trachea
What is the largest point of the conducting zone?
Transports air
Also Filters, humidifies, & warms
What is the point of the respiratory zone?
What is another name for the respiratory membrane?
Air-blood barrier
What is the most inferior portion of the upper respiratory tract?
Pharynx
What does the epithelial tissue turn into in the bronchial tree after transforming into simple columnar?
Simple cuboidal
What is the other term used for the larynx?
Voice box
What are the structures that contain air-exchange chambers?
Alveoli
Which layer of pleura lays directly on the lung? *FULL NAME*
Visceral pleura
Which portion of the pharynx is composed of pseudostratified ciliated columnar?
Nasopharynx
Which cartilage of the larynx is the only complete ring of cartilage?
Cricoid Cartilage
What is the lining of the trachea?
What cells of the alveolus secrete surfactant?
Septal cell
Which portions of the brainstem regulate the involuntary activities of breathing?
What structures help to reclaim moisture within the nose?
Nasal conchae
Which portion of the lower respiratory tract reaches the most lateral region?
Lungs
What are the 2 types of mucous membrane within the nasal cavity? *MUST NAME BOTH*
Olfactory mucosa near roof
Respiratory mucosa most of cavity
In what direction do gases flow?
High to low
Which peripheral chemoreceptors rely on the Vagus nerve?
Aortic bodies
What are the 2 cranial bones that make up a portion of the paranasal sinuses?
Frontal & Ethmoid bones
What is the lining of the squamous alveolar cells located in the alveolus?
Simple squamous epithelium
What occurs to my voice if my thyroid cartilage grows?
Gets lower
What are the 3 components *MUST NAME ALL* of the respiratory zone?
Bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs
If I had anaphylaxis right now, where would you cut into my respiratory tract to allow me to breathe?
Trachea (thx for saving my life <3)