Respiratory System Concepts 1
Respiratory System Concepts 2
General Respiratory Anatomy
Air Flow
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Concepts
Concepts
100
Functions of this structure include to warm air, detect odors, and amplify the voice.
What is the nose?
100
Commonly called the Adam's apple.
What is the laryngeal prominence?
100
What is the cardiac impression?
100
The primary function of this structure is gas exchange.
What are the alveoli?
100
When you inhale, the diaphragm ________.
contracts
200
The soft "punching bag" found in the nasopharynx.
What is the uvula?
200
The flap that prevents food and drink from going down the trachea.
What is the epiglottis?
200
What is cricoid cartilage?
200
Nasal cavity --> ______ --> oropharynx
What is the nasopharynx?
200
During exhalation, pressure ______ while volume ________.
increases; decreases
300
The final portion of the pharynx.
What is the laryngopharynx?
300
The final ring of the trachea.
What is the carina?
300
What is the hilum?
300
Trachea --> primary/main bronchus --> ___________
What are secondary/lobar bronchi?
300
Inhalation is a/n _______ process. Exhalation is a/n ______ process.
active; passive
400
This structure represents the end of the conducting division.
What are the terminal bronchioles?
400
Lie inferior to the vestibular folds and produce sound.
What is the true vocal cord?
400
What is the oropharynx?
400
Bronchiole --> __________ --> respiratory bronchiole
What is terminal bronchiole?
400
A graph that represents the percent of total hemoglobin that is saturated at a given partial pressure of oxygen.
What is the O2-Dissociation Curve?
500
These are 3 folds in the nasal cavity that increase surface area and help trap pathogens.
What are nasal conchae?
500
Ciliated pseudostratified epithelium in the trachea helps bring up mucous to be expelled or swallowed.
What is the mucociliary escalator?
500
What is arytenoid cartilage?
500
The type of blood cell that oxygen attaches to after traveling through the alveoli.
What is an erythrocyte (RBC)?
500
If the blood pH decreases there will be a _____ shift on the O2 dissociation curve.
A right shift