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Anatomy 1
Anatomy 2
Anatomy 3
Physiology 1
Potpouri
100
Also known as throat
What is the Pharynx?
100
The number of lobes comprising the right lung
What is 3?
100
The flap of elastic cartilage which prevents food from entering the larynx
What is the epiglottis?
100
The waste product of cellular respiration
What is Carbon Dioxide?
100
The amount of air exchanged when the deepest possible inhalation is followed by the the most forceful exhalation.
What is Vital Capacity?
200
Also known as the voicebox
What is the larynx?
200
The number of lobes comprising the left lung?
What is 2?
200
A common passageway for food and air
What is the pharynx?
200
The gas which diffuses into the capillaries during external respiration
What is Oxygen?
200
The amount of air that is moved in and out of your lungs during normal inspiration/exhalation
What is Tidal Volume?
300
Also known as the windpipe
What is trachea?
300
The area of indentation of the left lung which accomodates the heart
What is the cardiac notch?
300
Where air is filtered, warmed and moistened
What is the nose?
300
The gas which diffuses out of the capillaries during internal respiration
What is Oxygen?
300
The lipid molecule critical to lung function
What is surfactant?
400
True vocal cords
What are the structures which vibrate to produce sound?
400
The small, extremely thin walled, structures which allows gas exchange to occur between the lungs and the capillaries.
What are alveoli?
400
The large muscle separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
What is the diaphragm?
400
The gas which diffuses into the capillaries during internal respiration
What is Carbon Dioxide?
400
The name of the chemical we used in lab that is an indicator for CO2
What is Bromothymol Blue?
500
This structure holds air pressure against the thoracic cavity when you lift something heavy.
What are false vocal cords?
500
A cluster of alveoli
What is an alveoli sac?
500
The large shield-shaped thyroid cartilage (sits superior to the trachea)
What is the Adam's Apple?
500
This process converts blood coming from the right side of the heart to oxygenated blood returning to the left side of the heart.
What is External Respiration?
500
The specific name of the tissue attached to the external side of the lungs
What is visceral pleura?