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20 Cards in this Set
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The sense of smell is called? |
Olfaction |
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Name the respiratory organs? |
Nose Pharynx (throat) Larynx (voice box) Trachea (windpipe) Bronchi (branches) Lungs |
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Name the tiny thin-walled sacs in the respiratory system? |
Alveoli |
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What fits like a hairlike net around the alveoli? |
Capillaries |
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What is the function of the entire respiratory system? |
To distribute air close enough to blood for gas exchange to take place between air and blood |
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The passive transport process of __________ is the mode for exchange of gases in the respiratory system? |
Diffusion |
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Name the organs of the upper respiratory tract? |
Nose Pharynx Larynx |
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Name the organs of the lower respiratory tract? |
Trachea Bronchial tree Lungs |
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What does medical professionals call a head cold? |
Upper respiratory infection |
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Where do you normally have pneumonia? Upper or lower respiratory tract? |
Lower |
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The study of microscopic anatomy is called? |
Histology |
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The membrane that lines most of the air distribution tubes in the system? |
Respiratory mucosa |
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Tiny cell projections that moves fluid along the surface layer of cells? |
Cilia |
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Cells that Produces and release huge amounts of mucus? |
Goblet cells |
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Most of the respiratory passages are lined with this type of tissue? |
Ciliated Pseudostratified epithelium |
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What kind of tissue covers the alveoli? |
Simple squamous epithelium |
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What is the daily production of respiratory mucus? |
125 ml |
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What is a ciliary escalator? |
Contaminants moving upwards to the phArynx from the lower portion of the bronchial tree |
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Nostrils are also known as? |
External nares |
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What separates the nasal cavities? |
Nasal septum |
