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A&P ch 22
A&P Chapter 22 - Respiratory System
Question | Answer |
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What organs does the Upper Respiratory Tract contain and where are they located? | The nose and nasal cavities, pharynx, larynx, and upper trachea and they are located outside the chest cavity. |
What organs does the Lower Respiratory Tract contain and where are they located? | The lower trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, and lungs and are located in the chest cavity. |
Which parts of the Lower Respiratory Tract are located in the lungs? | The lower parts of the bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli |
What are the tiny air sacs located at the end of the respiratory passages? | The alveoli |
What is the partitian called that separates the nasal cavities into right and left halves? | nasal septum |
The other name for throat | Pharynx |
What are the three parts of the Pharynx? | An upper section called the nasopharynx, a middle section called the oropharynx, and a lower section called the laryngopharynx. |
Which parts of the Pharynx are part of both the digestive and respiratory systems and function as a passageway for both food and air? | The oropharynx and the laryngopharynx |
The other name for Voice Box | Larynx |
What are the 3 functins of the Larynx? | It acts as a passageway for air during breathing; it produces sound, your voice (hence the name voicebox); and it prevents food and other foreign objects from entering the breathing structures (trachea). |
What is Rhinorrhea? | A runny nose |
What structure is made up of primarily of cartilage, muscles, and ligaments? | Larynx |
Which structure, located at the top of the larynx, acts as a flap to cover the opening of the trachea during eating so food does not enter the lungs? | The epiglottis |
What are the names for the two types of vocal cords? | True and False vocal cords. |
Why are the false vocal cords called false? | Because they do not produce sounds. Instead, the muscle fibers in this structure help to close the airway during swallowing. |
Air flowing from the lungs through the glottis during exhalation causes what to vibrate, thereby producing sound? | the true vocal cords |
Who developed a procedure designed to dislodge the obstructing object in a choking person? | Dr. Heimlich |
During the Heimlich maneuver where should your hands be placed? | Between the person's navel and the bottom of the rib cage. |
What extends from the lower edge of the larynx downward into the thoracic cavity, where it splits into the right and left bronchi? | The trachea |
What is the condition called when an infant is born with an opening between the trachea and the esophagus? | This condition is a tracheoesophageal fistula (TE fistula) |
What are the 3 parts of the Bronchial Tree? | The bronchi, the bronchioles, and the alveoli. |
Where are the lungs located? | In the pleural cavities |
Which lung has three lobes, the right lung or the left lung? | The right lung has three lobes: the superior, middle, and inferior lobes. |
What is the upper, rounded part of the lung is called? | The Apex |
What is the lower part of the lung called and where does it rest? | The Base and it rests on the diaphragm |