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The Resipiratory System Part I

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What are the functions of the Respiratory System?   1. Supplies body with oxygen 2. Disposes of carbon dioxide  
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What does the process of respiration involve?   1. Pulmonary ventilation 2. External respiration 3. Transport of respiratory gases 4. Internal respiration  
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What are the Respiratory organs?   1. Nose, nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses 2. Pharynx, larynx, and trachea 3. Bronchi and smaller branches 4. Lungs and alveoli  
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What is the conducting zone?   1. Respiratory passageways that carry air to the sites of gas exchange  
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What does the conductiing zone do?   Filter, humidify and warm incoming air  
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What is the Respiratory zone?   site of gas exchange in the lungs; it is the terminal respiratory passages that contain alveoli  
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What is skeletal framework for the external nose?   frontal bone, nasal bones, and maxilla  
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The shape and size variation of the nose are attributed to what?   differences in flexible plates of hyaline nasal cartilages  
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The skin of the nose is _____ and contains what?   thin; many sebaceous glands  
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Th nose cavity is divide internally into left and right half by what?   nasal septum  
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What creates air turbulence in nose cavity?   noses have bony conchae in lateral walls  
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All surfaces of nose cavity of covered by what?   mucosa  
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What is the nasal cavity continuous with and how is it continuous with it?   nasal cavity is continuous with PHARYNX through POSTERIOR NASAL APERTURES - choanae or the internal nares  
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The superior and middle nasal concha are part of what? which concha is not a part of this?   ethmoid bone; inferior nasal concha is a separate bone  
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What is the MEATUS (superior inferior and middle)   groove interior to each concha  
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What are the two types of mucosa in the nasal cavity?   1. Olfactory mucosa 2. Respiratory mucosa  
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What does the olfactory mucosa do and where is it located?   olfactory mucosa house olfactory receptors and it is a small patch in the roof of the nasal cavity  
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What does the Respiratory mucosa do?   lines all nasal cavity  
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Where do meatuses lie?   meatuses lie under conchae,  
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What have numerous small openings into PARANASAI SINUSES?   meatuses  
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What are the paranasal sinuses?   air filled cavities in bones lined by respiratory mucosa  
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What does the Pharynx do?   connects nasal cavity and mouth to the larynx and esophagus  
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The pharynx extends from where to where?   the pharynx extends from internal nares (posterior nasal aperture) to cricoid cartilage  
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The nasopharynx is superior to the level of what?   soft palate  
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The nasopharynx is ONLY a what?   nasopharynx is ONLY an AIR PASSAGEWAY  
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The nasopharynx is closed off during swallowing by what? to prevent what?   nasopharynx closed off by uvula to prevent food from entering nasal passages  
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Where is the pharyngeal tonsil located?   located on posterior wall of nasal cavity  
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What destroys pathogens entering the nasal cavity?   the pharyngeal tonsil  
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The pharyngeal tonsil contains the opening to what?   pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube  
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What is the entrance way from the mouth into the oropharynx called?   FAUCES  
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The oropharynx extends from what to what?   extends from soft palate to epiglottis  
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What two tonsils acts as fauces?   Palatine tonsil and the Lingual tonsil  
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What does the lingual tonsils do?   covers the posterior surface of the tongue  
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The Laryngopharynx acts a passageway for what?   food AND air  
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What is the laryngopharynx continous with?   continous with the esophagus AND the larynx  
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What does esophagus do?   conducts food and fluids to the stomach  
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what does the larynx do?   conducts air to the respiratory tract and it is also the voice box  
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The larynx attaches to the what superiorly and is continous with what inferiorly?   larynx is attached to hyoid bone superiorly and continous with trachea inferiorly  
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What are the three functions of the Larynx?   1. voice production 2. provides a continuously open airway  
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The larynx acts what to route what in to the proper channels?   larynx acts as SWITCHING MECHANISM to route AIR AND FOOD into the proper channels  
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What lines all nasal cavity?   respiratory mucosa  
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