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| What does the respiratory system do? |
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Definition
| Provides oxygen for cellular metabolic needs & removed carbon dioxide (CO2), a wast product of cellular metabolism. |
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| What is the divisions of the respiratory system? |
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Definition
Upper Airway
&
Lower Airway |
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| What does the upper airway consist of? |
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Definition
Nose
Sinuses
Turbinates
Pharynx
Larynx |
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Term
| The internal nose is divided into two cavities separated by the _________ |
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Definition
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Definition
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Definition
| Move the mucus to the back of the throat. |
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Term
| What sensory cells lie at the roof of the nose? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Extensions of the nasal cavity located in the surrounding facial bones. They lighten the weight of the skull & give resonance to the voice. |
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Term
| What are the four parts of the paranasal sinuses? |
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Definition
Frontal Sinuses
Ethmoidal Sinuses
Sphenoidal Sinuses
Maxillary Sinuses |
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Term
| Where do the frontal sinuses lie? |
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Definition
| In the frontal bone that extends above the orbital cavities. |
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Term
| Where is the ethmoidal sinuses? |
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Definition
The ethmoid bone, located between the eyes, contains a honeycombe of small spaces called the thmoidal sinuses.
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Term
| Where is the sphenoidal sinuses? |
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Definition
| lie behind the nasal cavity. |
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Term
| Where is the maxillary sinuses found? |
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Definition
| on either side of the now in the maxillary bones. |
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Term
| Which is the larges sinuses |
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Definition
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Term
| The lining of the sinuses is |
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Definition
| Continous with the mucous membrane lining of the nasal cavity. |
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Term
| Which immunoglobulin protect the lower respiratory tract from infection |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the turbinates (or conchae) |
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Definition
| bones that change the flow of inspired air to moisturize & warm it better. |
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Term
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Definition
| Throat, it carries air from the nose to the larynx, & food from the mouth to the esophagus |
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Term
| What are the three areas of the pharynx? |
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Definition
| Nasopharynx - Oropharynx - Laryngeal Pharynx |
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