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24 Cards in this Set
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With what are the nose, mouth and throat concerned?
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Breathing,
Smelling, Speaking and Eating. |
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From what are the taste of food derived?
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Senses of smell and taste
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If you had no smell, what would you taste? Without smell, only ___,____,_____,_____ flavours can be appreciated by the taste buds.
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Sweet
Sour Salt Bitter |
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Where are the taste buds located?
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On the surface of the muscular tongue, which is rooted on the hyoid bone.
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On what is the surface of the muscular tongue rooted?
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The hyoid bone
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What is the function of the tongue?
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The tongue is used in eating, speaking and swallowing
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What happens to air that is drawn through the nose?
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Air is drawn through the nose into a cavity lined by a moist membrane, is humidified and warmed.
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What is the function of the hairs in the nose?
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Hairs in the lining trap dust,
Nerve endings sense smells and transmit this information to the brain via the olfactory nerve. |
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_________, _________and the adjoining ___________increase the area of contact.
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Nasal folds
three conchae nasal sinuses |
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Secretions are drained backwards into the _________ and swallowed.
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Pharynx
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_____________, as happens in cold weather or during an infection (a “cold”), produces a ___________
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Excess mucus production
“running nose.” |
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The ________can be seen by opening the mouth, protruding the tongue and saying “Ah.” This reveals the________, ending in a ________which separates two masses of __________
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pharynx
soft palate midline fold (uvula) lymphoid tissue (tonsils). |
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Give another name for midline fold.
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Uvula
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Give another name for tonsils?
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Lymphoid tissue
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Give another name for airway?
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Trachea
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Give another name for the movable cartilaginous flap?
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Epiglottis
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By what it the entrance to the airway closed during swallowing?
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Epiglottis (movable cartilaginous flap)
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During swallowing, the entrance to the airway (trachea) is closed by a __________________
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movable cartilaginous flap (epiglottis).
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What prevents food from “going the wrong way” into the lungs?
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Trachea
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Below the_________, the trachea becomes the voice box (larynx), where the vocal cords lengthen and shorten to produce sounds. .
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hyoid bone
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What forms the Adam’s apple?
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Cartilage around the larynx is fused to form the Adam’s apple.
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Give another name for the voice box?
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Larynx
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Where do the vocal cords lengthen and shorten to produce sounds?
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Larynx / voice box
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True / false. Cartilage around the larynx is fused to form the Adam’s apple, more prominent in men than in women.
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True
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