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Upper Resp System
Lower Resp System
Respiratory Anatomy
Medical Terminology
Physiology of Respiration
100
The anterior superior chamber where air is first filtered, warmed and moistened as it is inhaled
What is the nasal cavity
100
The main organ comprising the respiratory system
What is the lung?
100
The medical term for "voice box"
What is the larynx?
100
The word root which means "lung"
What is pnueum/o
100
The gas that is taken in during inspiration
What is oxygen?
200
The cavities which are superior to the nasal cavities which serve to provide resonance for the voice
What are sinuses?
200
The trachea branches off laterally into these
What is the bronchi?
200
The largest muscle in the respiratory system, required for ventilation to occur
What is the diaphragm?
200
The word root for "nose"
What is rhin/o?
200
The gas that is given off as a waste product during expiration
What is carbon dioxide?
300
The medical term for throat; has three sections (Must be pronounced correctly!)
What is the pharynx?
300
The smaller branches of bronchi
What are bronchioles?
300
The name of the structure which prevents food and fluid from entering the trachea?
What is the epiglottis?
300
Term which means difficult or labored breathing, pronounced correctly
What is dyspnea
300
Gas exchange which takes place between the alveoli and the capillaries
What is external respiration?
400
The structure which is posterior to the mouth, inferior to the nasopharynx, and superior to the laryngopharynx
What is oropharynx?
400
The place in the lungs where gas exchange occurs, distal to the bronchioles
What are alveoli?
400
Double layered membrane which covers the lungs
What is pleura?
400
The term which means air in the thoracic cavity
What is pneumothorax?
400
Respiration in which higher concentrations of oxygen in the blood are exchanged for higher levels of CO2 in the body cells
What is internal respiration?
500
The structure that is situated medially, descends into the thoracic cavity, and is anterior to the esophagus
What is the trachea
500
The four structures which comprise the lower respiratory tract
What are the lungs, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
500
The smallest muscles associated with the respiratory system, located between the ribs
What are the intercostals?
500
The term which means a partial or complete collapse of the lung
What is atelectasis?
500
The smallest units of the body use oxygen water and other nutrients to create energy and water. The waste product of this metabolism is CO2
What is cellular respiration?