Respiratory System

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  • Created on: 20-10-16 12:13
What is part of the upper respiratory tract?
Nose, pharynx and larynx
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What is part of the lower respiratory tract?
trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli
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What does the nose do?
Filters speech and contains scent receptors
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What separates the external nares?
Nasal septum
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What is wetter, inhalation and exhalation?
Inhalation
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What are the 3 types of pharynx?
Nasopharynx, Orophyanyx and laryngopharynx
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Where is the voice box (laryngeal) ?
Larynx
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How is the production of sound affected?
Pitch, volume and tone
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True or false, the trachea divides into 2 bronchi?
True
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True or false, the bronchi are supported by rings of cartilage?
True
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True or false, the pulmonary blood vessels do not exit the lungs by the bronchi?
False
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What serous membrane are the lungs covered in?
pleura
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what does the alveoi do?
Quick gas exchange
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What is pulmonary ventilation?
Movement of air in and out of the lungs
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What are the 4 main gases in the body?
oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water vapour
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True or false, the sea level atmospheric pressure is 760mmHG?
True
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Where does external respiration occur?
Alveoli
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Where does internal respirartion occur?
capillaires and tissue
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Is oxygenated blood or deoxygenated blood redder?
Oxygenated
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What are the 3 ways CO2 is transported?
Plasma, proteins and combines with water
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How is repsiration controlled?
Neurons, medulla and pons
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What factors influence respiration?
rate/depth of breathing, chemoreceptors, etc
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What is part of the lower respiratory tract?

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What separates the external nares?

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What is wetter, inhalation and exhalation?

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