Respiratory System

Question 0

Upper respiratory tract: start and end

Answer 0

Above vocal chords to larynx

Question 1

Respiration basic route

Answer 1

1) Ventilation- breathing; outside into lung
2) External respiration- Gas from lungs to blood
3) Internal respiration- Blood to tissue

Question 2

Lower respiratory tract: start and end

Answer 2

Below vocal chords, to lungs

Question 3

Parts involved in respiration

Answer 3

Nose
Pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Lungs

Question 4

Respiratory structural division

Answer 4

Upper respiratory tract- nose to pharynx. above vocal chords

Lower- larynx to lungs. below vocal chords

Question 5

Respir. system, functional div

Answer 5

Conducting sys- (whatever moves air. Nose to lungs)

Respiratory portion- gas exchange. Respir. bronchioles to alveoli

Question 6

Para nasal sinuses

Answer 6

Sphenoid
Frontal
Ethmoid
Maxillary

Question 7

Para nasal sinus and nasolacrimal duct functions

Answer 7

Produce mucus, tears

Resonate sound

Question 8

Nasal conchae

Answer 8

Lined with mucous

Divide nasal cavity into sup, middle, inf meatuses

Question 9

Type of cells that line nasal cavity

Answer 9

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar with goblet cells

Question 10

Olfactory region

Answer 10

Smaller and superior to respiratory region

No goblet cells

Question 11

Function of internal nose structures

Answer 11

Hairs filter larger dust particles
Smell
Warms (highly vascularized) 
Mucous moistens
Cilia moves mucous towards pharynx
Para nasal sinuses help resonate sound

Question 12

Functions of nasa, oro, laryngopharynx

Answer 12

Passageway for food and air
Resonate sound for speech
Tonsils (lymph tissue) grab bacteria to protect from infection

Question 13

Who contracts cancer of larynx

Answer 13

Almost exclusively smokers

Question 14

Laryngitis

Answer 14

Inflammation of the larynx that is usually caused by respiratory infection

Question 15

Function of larynx

Answer 15

Voice production, pitch, speech

Question 16

Trachea start and end

Answer 16

Larynx to T5

Question 17

Trachea Cell Composition

Answer 17

Smooth mm
C-shaped cartilage rings
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells

Question 18

What does the cilia in the trachea do

Answer 18

Sweeps debris away from lungs to throat to be swallowed

Question 19

Compliance of lungs

Answer 19

How well tissue of lungs and chest walls expand

Question 20

Surfactant:
what produces it
what does it do
who doesn’t have enough of it

Answer 20

Type II alveolar cells
Lowers alveolar surface tension, preventing collapse
Insufficient in preemies

Question 21

Normal variation in breathing rate and depth

Answer 21

Eupnea

Question 22

Breath holding

Answer 22

Apnea

Question 23

Painful or difficult breathing

Answer 23

Dyspnea

Question 24

Tachypnea

Answer 24

Rapid breathing rate

Question 25

Modified respiratory mvt

Answer 25

Expresses emotions, clears airway (coughing, sneezing)

Question 26

At rest, 12 respiration/min uses how much air?

Answer 26

6 litres, in and out of lungs