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| The conchae is in what part of the respiratory system? |
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| What is the function of the conchae? |
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| To add moisture and warm up the air that is breathed in. |
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| The superior conchae contains what type of epithelium for smell? |
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| These hairs can be found in the nasal cavity that screens foreign particles. |
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| Where are the paranasal sinuses found? |
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| In bones behind the nasal cavity. |
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| Name the four paranasal sinuses. |
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| Ethmoid, frontal, sphenoid and maxillary sinuses. |
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| What is the structure of the paranasal sinuses? |
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| Air filled spaces lined with mucus membrane. |
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| What is the function of paranasal sinuses? |
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| lighten the bones of the skull and act as resonant chambers for speech. |
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| Where do the paranasal sinuses drain into? |
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| The lateral walls of the nasal cavity. |
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| What are the three parts of the pharynx? |
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| Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx |
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| Where is the nasopharynx located? |
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| Directly behind the nasal cavities. |
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| This part of the pharynx houses the pharyngeal tonsils. |
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| This lymphatic tissue is known as adenoids when it becomes inflamed. |
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| The eustachian tubes can be found in what part of the pharynx? |
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| The oropharynx houses which two tonsils? |
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| Palatine and lingual tonsils |
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| What kind of epithelium is the oropharynx lined with? |
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| What is the function of the oropharynx? |
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| common passageway for food and air |
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| Where is the oropharynx located? |
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| Between the soft palate and the level of the hyoid bone. |
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| This part of the pharynx begins at the level of the hyoid bone and extends into both the esophagus and larynx. |
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| What is the function of the larynx? |
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| Speech, keeping airway open and routing air down the passageways. |
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| This part of the respiratory tract is supported by 9 hyaline cartilage and held together by muscle and elastic connective tissue. |
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| What is the function of the epiglottis? |
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| To keep food from entering the larynx. |
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| What is the epiglottis made up of? |
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| Extrinsic skeletal muscles help the larynx accomplish what? |
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| What muscle forms the body of the vocal folds? |
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| Laryngitis is an inflammation in the folds of where? |
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| The trachea are supported by how many hyaline cartilage? |
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| Where is the location of the trachea? |
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| From the 6th cervical to the 5th thoracic vertebrae. |
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| This part of the respiratory system is supported by hyaline cartilage that is shaped like horseshoes. |
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| The dorsal side of the trachea is open to facilitate what? |
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| Movement of food down the esophagus. |
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| The what is the structure of the right primary bronchus that makes it easy for foreign objects to fall into and block the passage. |
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| short, wide and vertical. |
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| What does the right primary bronchus divide into? |
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| three secondary bronchi that supply the three lobes of the right lung |
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| The left primary broncus divides into two secondary bronchi that supplies what? |
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| The two left lobes of the left lung. |
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| What is the function of alveoli? |
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| functional units where CO2 and O2 are exchanged. |
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| What is the structure of alveoli? |
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| Sacs that have a great amount of surface area for gas exchange |
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| The inside of alveoli is coated with what? |
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| What does surfactant help with? |
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| Made from cuboid cells, it makes it so that there is less surface tension during respiration. |
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| Infant respiratory distress syndrome is caused by what? |
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| Each alveolus bed is surrounded by what? |
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| How is each alveolus connected to its neighbor? |
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T or F?
The basement membranes of the alveolar and capillary squamous cells are fused. |
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| Where do the blood vessels enter the lungs? |
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| What is the visceral pleura? |
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| The parietal pleura lines what? |
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| Inflammation of the pleura which results in accumulation of fluid between the parietal and visceral layers. |
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| This structure allows for changes in air pressure in the middle ear. |
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| Opening of pharyngotympanic tube |
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| This structure snaps back and forth cutting a stream of air into puffs of air. |
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| The primary function of this structure is to provide increased surface area for warming and moisturizing the air. |
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| This structure of elastic cartilage prevents food from entering the respiratory passageway. |
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| This structure of elastic cartilage prevents food from entering the respiratory passageway. |
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| This structure is supported by horseshoe shaped cartilages. |
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| The low pressure found here assists in keeping the lungs expanded. |
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