Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Respiratory System
nothing
5
Anatomy
03/05/2008
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Anatomy Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
Function
 Definition
• air distribution
• gas exchange
• filters, warms, and humidifies the air we breathe
Term
Organs of respiratory
 Definition
• upper respiratory tract:
o nose
o pharynx
o larynx
• lower respiratory tract:
o trachea
o bronchi
o lungs
Term
Respiratory mucosa
 Definition
• Membrane that lines the most of the respiratory tract
• Covered with mucus – helps purify air going into the lungs
o 125 mL of mucus per day produced in respiratory system
o cilia helps move the mucus up the respiratory tract (smoking paralyzes cilia → smokers have to cough to get mucus up)
Term
 Definition
Term
 Definition