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Wk 13 Study Stack 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The anatomical division of the pharynx that is located behind the mouth from the soft palate above to the level of the hyoid bone below is called the: | oropharynx |
| The roof of the nose is separated from the cranial cavity by a portion of the ethmoid bone called the: | cribriform plate. |
| During respiration, does the thorax become smaller than the raised chest: T/F | False |
| The hollow nasal cavity is separated by a midline partition called the: | septum |
| During respiration, does the thorax become larger than the raised chest: T/F | True |
| What is the costal surface ? | The area where each lung lies against the ribs and is rounded to match the contours of the thoracic cavity. |
| The fauces, one of the seven openings found in the pharynx, opens into the: | oropharynx. |
| Define what the larynx is: | organ consists largely of cartilages that are attached to one another and to surrounding structures by muscles or fibrous and elastic tissue components |
| Paranasal sinuses are what? | air-containing spaces that open, or drain, into the nasal cavity . |
| Each cortical nodule is composed of packed lymphocytes that surround a less dense area called a: | germinal center. |
| What originates in the thoracic duct? | cisterna chyli |
| Monocytes are what type of blood cell? | produced by the lymph nodes |
| What is another name for antibodies? | immunoglobulins |
| Adaptive immunity, part of the body’s third line of defense, is orchestrated by two different classes of a type of white blood cell called the: | lymphocyte |