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46 Cards in this Set
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What structure serves as a passageway for both air and food?
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Pharynx
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Air is forced into the lungs by the contraction of the?
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Diaphragm
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Breathing control centers are lovated in
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The Brain
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DDuring swallowing the air passage of the pharynx is covered by the
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Epiglottis
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The actual exchange of gases ocuus at the site of the
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alveoli
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when the diaphragm and rip cage muscles relax,
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expiration occurs
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The common name for the trachea
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windpipe
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The thyroid cartilage is composed of two separate cartialages or plates that form the
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laryngeal prominence
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The bronchi are lined with
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ciliated mucosa
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The trachea branches into the left and right ______.
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primary bronci
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The layer of the pleura membrane that sticks to the outside of the lungs is the
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Visceral
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What is not a function of the paranasal sinuses
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separates nasal and oral cavities
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what is not as dicision of the pharynx
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glottopharynx
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The_____tonsils are located high in the naso pharynx
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pharyngeal(adnoids)
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the slit in the middle of the vocal folds is called the?
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glottis
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during inspiration the diaphragm _________ and the ribs move_____ and ________
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moves down,, out, and exhalation occurs
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during expiration the diaphragm _________ and the ribs move _____ and ________
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moves up, in, inhalation occurs
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The space between the lungs where the hear is located
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Mediastium
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teh piece of cartilage that closes over the trachea to prevent food from entering
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epiglottis
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sac-like structures where gas exchange occurs in the lungs
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alveoli
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sheet of muscle that the lungs rest apon; also divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity
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diaphragm
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external opening of the nose
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nares
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smaller branches of the secondary bronchi
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bronchioles
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scientific name for the voice box
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larynx
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the four inch long by one diameter tube composed of alternating bands of cartilage and membrane is called the?
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Trachea
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the space between two pleura membranes
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pleura cavity
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sheet of muscle that the lungs rest apon; also divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity
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diaphragm
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external opening of the nose
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nares
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smaller branches of the secondary bronchi
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bronchioles
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scientific name for the voice box
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larynx
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the four inch long by one diameter tube composed of alternating bands of cartilage and membrane is called the?
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Trachea
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the space between two pleura membranes
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pleura cavity
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region in the nasal cavity responsible for smell
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Dome-shaped muscle below the thoracic cavity is called the?
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what is not a divison of the lung?
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The part of the pharynx found behind the mouth is the
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the olfactory region is located in what nasal conchae
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special cells that wander in and out of the alveoli, picing up debris are?
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true/false
a vegetaians urine will be acidic |
false
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true/false
urinary bladder infections occur in the trigone area of the bladder |
true
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the kidneys filter nitrogenous wastes, toxins, and drugs from the body
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true
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the kidneys are te only route that the body loses water
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false
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the kidneys are located int he anterior portion of the abdominal cavity
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false
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teh clomerulus produces filtrate
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true
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urine is sterile
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true
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smoothe collapsible muscular sacc teh temporarily sstores urine is called teh
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bladder
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