This structure covers the opening to the respiratory tract.
What is Epiglottis
100
This is the exchange of CO2 and O2 between the blood and the cells
What is Internal Respiration
100
This is the type of cartilage the epiglottis is composed of.
What is Elastic Cartilage
100
This is the type of epithelium which the alveoli are composed of
What is Simple Squamous Epithelium
100
97% of O2 is carried as
What is HbO2 or Oxyhemoglobin
200
The condition of having a collapsed lung is called what?
What is Atelectasis
200
This is an invagination in the lungs called the where the primary bronchi and pulmonary arteries enter the lungs, and the pulmonary veins exit the lungs
What is Hilus
200
This is the number of lobes of the lungs on the left side of the body.
What is Two
200
This is the name given to the area of the throat that the nasal cavity joins to
What is Nasopharynx
200
This is the term describing the exchange of a Cl- ion from the plasma for a HCO3- ion from the cytoplasm of the RBC.
What is Chloride Shift
300
This is the volume of air breathed in and out during normal quiet breathing
What is Tidal Volume
300
This is an allergic reaction which causes constriction of the bronchioles
What is Asthma
300
This is the name of the balloon-shaped structures gas exchange occurs across
What is Alveoli
300
This is the name given to gas exchange between the atmosphere & the lungs
What is Pulmonary Ventilation
300
This is the type of epithelium lining the trachea
What is (Pseudostratified) Ciliated Columnar Epithelium
400
This law states that each gas in a mixture of gases exerts its own pressure as if all other gases were not present.
What is Dalton's Law
400
This word means "throat"
What is Pharynx
400
The larynx is composed of 3 cartilagenous structures. What are their names?
What is Thyroid Cartilage, Cricoid Cartilage and Epiglottis
400
This is a term which describes the ease with which the lungs and thoracic cavity expand and contract.
What is Compliance
400
This respiratory center this area is under autonomic control and functions tomaintain a normal rate of respiration
What is Medullary Rhythmicity Center
500
70% of this gas is transported in the plasma as bicarbonate ions
What is Carbon Dioxide
500
This is a cartilage ridge where the trachea divides into left and right primary bronchi
What is Carina
500
These cells produce a surfactant that prevents the alveoli from completely collapsing when you exhale.
What is Septal Cells or Surfactant Cells
500
This is the volume of air exchanged with the lungs per minute
What is Minute Volume
500
These receptors tell the respiratory center to increase or
decrease the expiration rate according to pO2 and pCO2