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Respiratory Anatomy
A&P 2 Lab
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
10/28/2013

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Term
Name the external opening into the nasal cavity.
Definition
external naris
Term
Name the bony structures in the nasal cavity that extend from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity and form the passageway called the meatures.
Definition
nasal conchae
Term
Name the conical, finger-like, muscular process hanging down from the soft palate.
Definition
uvula
Term
Name the passageway from the posterior part of the nasal cavity into the nasopharynx.
Definition
internal naris
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Name the superior part of the pharynx.
Definition
nasopharynx
Term
Name the tube leading to the middle ear from the superior part of the pharynx.
Definition
auditory (eustachian) tubes
Term
Name the tonsil in the posterior wall of the superior part of the pharynx.
Definition
adenoid
Term
Name the middle part of the pharynx.
Definition
oropharynx
Term
Name the inferior part of the pharynx.
Definition
laryngopharynx
Term
Name the tonsils in fold between oral cavity and oropharynx.
Definition
palatine tonsils
Term
Name the tonsil at the base of the tongue.
Definition
lingual tonsils
Term
Name the tongue bone.
Definition
hyoid bone
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Name the largest laryngeal cartilage.
Definition
thyroid cartilage
Term
Name the cartilage inferior to the thyroid cartilage.
Definition
cricoid cartilage
Term
Name the ladle-shaped cartilages on superior border of the cricoid cartilage.
Definition
arytenoid cartilage
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Name the small horn-like cartilages that articulate with the arytenoid cartilage.
Definition
corniculate cartilage
Term
What is the proper name for the vocal chords?
Definition
vocal folds
Term
Name the cartilaginous lid that closes the opening into the larynx.
Definition
epiglottis
Term
Describe the general shape of tracheal cartilage.
Definition
c-shaped
Term
Name the branches of trachea that transmit air to lungs.
Definition
primary (mainstream) bronchi
Term
Name the branches of the primary bronchi (mainstream) that transmit air to the lung lobes.
Definition
secondary (lobar) bronchi
Term
Name the branches of the secondary (lobar) bronchi that transmit air to the bronchopulmonary segments.
Definition
tertiary (segmental) bronchi
Term
Name the small, muscular airways that branch off the tertiary (segmental) bronchi.
Definition
bronchioles
Term
Name the first airways to exhange gasses.
Definition
respiratory bronchioles
Term
Name the blind-end tubes that lead to alveoli and alveolar sacs.
Definition
alveolar ducts
Term
Name the cells within alveoli that secrete surfactant.
Definition
pnuemocyte II (Type II septal)
Term
What other name is used for the alveloar macrophages?
Definition
dust cell (Type III)
Term
Name the top of the lung.
Definition
apex
Term
Name the bottom of the lung.
Definition
base
Term
Name the depression where structures enter and exit the lung.
Definition
hilus or hilum
Term
Which lung has only one fissure?
Definition
left lung
Term
Which lung has a horizontal fissure?
Definition
right lung
Term
Which lung has a cardiac notch?
Definition
left lung
Term
Why does the left lung have a cardiac notch?
Definition
because the heart sits next to the left lung
Term
Name the plueral membrane that lines the inner surface of the thoracic wall and extends over the diaphragm and mediastinum.
Definition
parietal pleura
Term
Name the potential space that lies between the parietal pleura.
Definition
pleural cavity
Term
Name the main muscle invloved in respiration.
Definition
diaphragm
Term
Name the rib muscles used during eupnea.
Definition
external intercostal muscles
Term
Name the epithelium lining that most of the nasal cavity, larynx below the vocal folds, trachea, bronchi, and most bronchioles contain.
Definition
pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
Term
Name the pleural membrane that covers the surface of the lung and extends into the fissures between the lobes.
Definition
visceral pleura
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