Respiratory System Lab Review

Front 1

Name the external opening into nasal cavity.

Back 1

external naris (Nares, pl)

Front 2

Name the bony structures in the nasal cavity that extend from the lateral walls of nasal cavity and form the passageways called the meatuses.

Back 2

nasal conchae

Front 3

Name the conical, finger-like, muscular process hanging down from the soft palate.

Back 3

uvula

Front 4

Name the passageway from the posterior part of the nasal cavity into the nasopharynx.

Back 4

internal naris (nares, pl)

Front 5

Name the superior part of pharynx.

Back 5

nasopharynx

Front 6

Name the tube leading to the middle ear from the superior part of the pharynx.

Back 6

auditory tubes (Eustachian tubes)

Front 7

Name the tonsil in posterior wall of the superior part of pharynx.

Back 7

adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil)

Front 8

Name the middle part of pharynx.

Back 8

oropharynx

Front 9

Name the inferior part of pharynx.

Back 9

laryngopharynx

Front 10

Name the tonsils in fold between oral cavity and oropharynx.

Back 10

palatine tonsils

Front 11

Name the tonsil at base of the tongue.

Back 11

lingual tonsils

Front 12

Name the tongue bone

Back 12

hyoid bone

Front 13

Name the largest laryngeal cartilage.

Back 13

thyroid cartilage

Front 14

Name the cartilage inferior to thyroid cartilage.

Back 14

cricoids cartilage

Front 15

Name the ladle-shaped cartilages on superior border of cricoids cartilage

Back 15

arytenoid cartilage

Front 16

Name the small horn-like cartilages that articulate with the arytenoid cartilage

Back 16

corniculate cartilage

Front 17

What is the proper name for vocal cords?

Back 17

vocal folds

Front 18

Name the cartilaginous lid that closes the opening into the larynx.

Back 18

epiglottis

Front 19

Describe the general shape of tracheal cartilages.

Back 19

C-shaped

Front 20

Name the branches of trachea that transmit air to lungs.

Back 20

primary bronchi

Front 21

Name the branches of the airways in primary bronchi that transmit air to the lung lobes.

Back 21

secondary bronchi

Front 22

Name the branches of the airways in secondary bronchi that transmit air to the bronchopulmonary segments.

Back 22

tertiary bronchi

Front 23

Name the small, muscular airways that branch off of the tertiary bronchi.

Back 23

bronchioles

Front 24

Name the first airways to exchange gases.

Back 24

respiratory bronchioles

Front 25

Name the blind-end tubes that lead to alveoli and alveolar sacs.

Back 25

alveolar ducts

Front 26

Name the cells within alveoli that secrete surfactant.

Back 26

pneumocyte II (septal cells)

Front 27

What other name is used for the alveolar macrophages?

Back 27

dust cells

Front 28

Name the top of lung.

Back 28

apex

Front 29

Name the bottom of lung.

Back 29

base

Front 30

Name the depression where structures enter and exit the lung.

Back 30

hilus or hilum

Front 31

What lung has only one fissure?

Back 31

left lung

Front 32

Which lung has a horizontal fissure?

Back 32

right lung

Front 33

Which lung has a cardiac notch?
Why does this lung have the cardiac notch?

Back 33

left lung
because of the heart

Front 34

Name the pleural membrane that covers the surface of the lung and extends into the fissures between the lobes?

Back 34

visceral pleura

Front 35

Name the pleural membrane that lines the inner surface of the thoracic wall and extends over the diaphragm and mediastinum.

Back 35

parietal pleura

Front 36

Name the potential space that lies between the visceral pleura membrane and the parietal pleura membrane

Back 36

pleural cavity

Front 37

Name the main muscle of respiration.

Back 37

diaphragm

Front 38

Name the rib muscles used during eupnea.

Back 38

external intercostal muscles

Front 39

Name the epithelium lining most of the nasal cavity, larynx below the vocal folds, trachea, bronchi, and most bronchioles.

Back 39

pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium