Anat Chp 24 The Respiratory System

Front 1

Match the 4 aspects of respiration to their description. providing fresh air to the alveoli (Inhalation and exhalation) –
gas exchange between alveoli and blood –
gas exchange between blood and tissue fluid –
oxygen utilization in cell (to form ATP) –

Back 1

-ventilation
-external respiration
-internal respiration
-cellular respiration

Front 2

List the two primary, functional portions of the respiratory tract and their components.
conducting portion –
respiratory portion –

Back 2

-nasal cavity-> bronchioles
-respiratory bronchioles--> alveoli

Front 3

We can also divide the respiratory system into upper and lower portions. List their components.
Upper respiratory tract –
Lower respiratory tract –

Back 3

-nose, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx
-larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs

Front 4

Aside from carrying air, what is the function of the upper respiratory tract? List 3 aspects.

Back 4

gas conditioning
-filter
-warm
-humidify

Front 5

We have 4 basic tissues in our respiratory tract. Match each to its location/function. Vestibule, external nares (fingers go here) –
Oro and laryngopharynx, top of larynx (food and air) –
Nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx, inferior larynx,
trachea, bronchi, and large bronchioles (air only) –
Alveoli (gas exchange) –

Back 5

-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
-non-kerantinized stratified squamous epithelium
-ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium
-simple squamous epithelium

Front 6

What is the technical term for our nostrils?

Back 6

external nare

Front 7

What do we call the nostril-like area where air passes from our nasal cavity into our throat?

Back 7

internal nare

Front 8

What is the technical term for the area behind our oral and nasal cavities? Match the portion of this area to its description.
Above the soft palate – Between soft palate and base of tongue/hyoid bone – Between the hyoid bone and the opening to the esophagus –

Back 8

pharynx
-nasopharynx
-oropharynx
-laryngopharynx

Front 9

What is the technical term for the voice box? Match the primary cartilages to their descriptions.
Large, superior, anterior-only, Adam‘s apple –
Smaller, inferior, complete ring –

Back 9

larynx
-thyroid cartilage
-cricoid cartilage

Front 10

What structure (the potential site of an emergency airway) occurs between the two cartilages?

Back 10

cricothyroid ligament

Front 11

What spoon-shaped structure that protrudes superior to the voice box folds over the opening between the vocal chords during swallowing?

Back 11

epiglottis

Front 12

What do we call the opening between the vocal chords?

Back 12

-glottis

Front 13

Two sets of folds occur in the voice box. Match each to its description.
Elastic, medial, sound-producing folds –
Inelastic, lateral, don‘t produce sounds –

Back 13

-vocal folds
-vestibular folds

Front 14

What is the technical term for the windpipe?

Back 14

-trachea

Front 15

What structures keep the windpipe open? Explain why they have this shape.

Back 15

- C-shaped cartilage rings
- allow esophagus to distend

Front 16

Into what two tubes does the windpipe bifurcate?

Back 16

primary bronchi

Front 17

n which bronchus are foreign objects more likely to lodge? Why?

Back 17

right
-cause its wider and steeper descent

Front 18

List the names of the lobes in the lungs.
Right –
Left –

Back 18

-superior, middle, inferior
-superior, inferior

Front 19

The heart crowds one lung. Which lung is it and what do we call the 2 resulting features?

Back 19

left
-cardiac impression
-cardiac notch

Front 20

What surface of the lung follows the contours of the rib cage?

Back 20

costal surface

Front 21

What surface of the lung faces medially?

Back 21

mediastinal surface

Front 22

What do we call the groove, or concavity, that provides an entry point for bronchi, pulmonary vessels, and nerves?

Back 22

-hilum

Front 23

What do we call the entire complex of structures that enter the lung at this location as well as the connective tissue that binds and stabilizes them?

Back 23

root

Front 24

How do terminal bronchioles differ from bronchi (2 ways)?

Back 24

-lack cartilage
-dominated by smooth muscle

Front 25

The alveoli contain two primary cell types. Provide the function of each. Pneumocyte type I – Pneumocyte type II –

Back 25

-diffusion
-secrete surfactant