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Five functions of the RESPIRATORY System?
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Gas Exchange oxygen from the air enter the blood and co2 leave the blood and enter the air
Regulation of blood PH Voice production Air movement past the vocal cord folds makes sound and speech possible Olfaction sensation of smell from airborne molecules are drawn in Protection from microorganisms |
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what does the RESPIRATORY system consist of?
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nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs
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What is the upper RESPIRATORY tract?
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the nose, pharnyx and associated stuctures
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what is the lower RESPIRATORY tract?
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larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs
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what is responsible for respiratory movements?
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the diaphragm, muscles, thoracic, abdomanal walls
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the pharynx is the common opening of the ? and ?
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the digestive and repiratory systems
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the pharynx is known as the ?
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throat
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the uvula is a posterior extension of the ?
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soft palate
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what consists of a outer casing of nine cartilages that are conected to one another by muscles and ligaments?
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the larynx
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an inflamation of the mucosal epithelium of the vocal folds is called ?
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laryngitis
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what do the thyroid and crycroid cartlidges do?
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they maintain an open passageway for air movement
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what do the epiglottis and vestibular folds do?
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they prevent swallowed material from moving into the larynx
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where does the primary source of sound production come from?
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the vocal folds
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what is the wedge shaped cartlidges that are contained in a mucus membrane anterior to the corniculate cartlidges?
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the paired cuneiform cartlidges
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whats the largest cartlidge of the nine larynx cartlidges?
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the thyroid cartlidge (adam's apple)
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the thyroid cartlidge is shaped like what?
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a shield
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what shape is the arytenoid cartlidge?
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ladle-shaped
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what shape is the corniculate cartlidge?
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horn-shaped
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the three parts of the pharynx are the ?,? and ?
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nasopharynx, the oropharynx and the laryngopharynx
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the trachea is also known as the ?
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the windpipe
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what is made of dense regular connective tissues and reinforced with 15-20 c-shaped peices of cartlidge?
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trachea
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the vistublar folds and the vocal folds are lined with ?
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stratified squamaous epithelium
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the larynx is lined with ?
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pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
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