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What is the major role of the respiratory system?

What is the major role of the respiratory system?
supply the body with oxygen and dispose of carbon dioxide

supply the body with oxygen and dispose of carbon dioxide
True or False. pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, transport of respiratory gases, and internal respiration--must all occur in order for the respiratory system to function fully.

True or False. pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, transport of respiratory gases, and internal respiration--must all occur in order for the respiratory system to function fully.
True

True
What are the upper respiratory structures?

What are the upper respiratory structures?
Nose, Larynx and Pharynx

Nose, Larynx and Pharynx
What is the largest and most prominent of the laryngeal cartilages

What is the largest and most prominent of the laryngeal cartilages
Thyroid Cartilage

Thyroid Cartilage
True or False. The epiglottis forms a lid over the larynx when we swallow food: it closes off the respiratory passageway to incoming food or drink.

True or False. The epiglottis forms a lid over the larynx when we swallow food: it closes off the respiratory passageway to incoming food or drink.
True

True
Air flows from the larynx to the trachea, and then enters the

Air flows from the larynx to the trachea, and then enters the
left and right main bronchi

left and right main bronchi
what type of epithelium lines the trachea

what type of epithelium lines the trachea
Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium

Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium
True or False. All but the most minute branches of the respiratory tree have cartilaginous reinforcements in their walls.

True or False. All but the most minute branches of the respiratory tree have cartilaginous reinforcements in their walls.
True

True

______, tiny balloon like expansions of the alveolar sacs, are composed of a single thin layer of squamous epithelium. They are the main structural and functional units of the lung and actual sites of gas exchange.
Alveoli

Alveoli

How many lobes are on the left lung?
2

2

Two pairs of vocal folds are found in the larynx. Which pair are the true vocal cords (superior or inferior)?
Inferior vocal folds

Inferior vocal folds

What cartilage forms the Adam's apple?
Thyroid Cartlage

Thyroid Cartlage

What cartilage is shaped like a signet ring?
Cricoid Cartilage

Cricoid Cartilage

what is the lid for the larynx
epiglottis

epiglottis
which primary bronchi is larger Left or right?

which primary bronchi is larger Left or right?
Left

Left
Which primary bronchi is larger in diameter?

Which primary bronchi is larger in diameter?
RIght

RIght
which primary bronchi is more horizontal?

which primary bronchi is more horizontal?
Left

Left

What connects the Larynx to the primary bronchi?
Trachea

Trachea

Site of Tonsils?
Pharynx

Pharynx

food passageway posterior to the trachea
Esophagus

Esophagus

Covers the glottis during the swallowing of food
Epiglottis

Epiglottis

Define Tidal Volume (TV)

Amount of air inhaled and exhaled in one cycle during quiet breathing.