Exam 23: The Respiratory System

The ___________________ receives signals from the _______________________ during forceful breathing.

Endoderm gives rise to the epithelium of the bronchi, while the connective tissue, cartilage, and smooth muscle are derived from mesoderm.

In this lateral view of the larynx, which cartilage is indicated?

The ___________ bronchioles are capable of gas exchange.

Functions of the nose include 1) olfactory (smell) reception 2) resonance of speech sounds 3) filtration of incoming air 4) warming of incoming air 5) moistening of incoming air

________________refers to the absence of breathing.

The _____ is an internal ridge where the trachea divides into right and left primary bronchi.

Type II alveolar (septal) cells secrete _____, which reduces the tendency of the alveoli to collapse.

What is the name of the area indicated?

Which of the following is FALSE of the trachea?

The serous membrane surrounding the lung and in direct contact with the lung is referred to as the _____________________.

Oxygen moves from the alveoli into the blood by the process of ___________________.

Describe the respiratory membrane in terms of thickness, tissue layers, and surface area.

Which of the following is INCORRECTLY matched?

The true vocal cords are folds of mucous membrane called ventricular folds.

Which of the following features of the lungs face(s) the heart? 1) costal surface 2) hilum 3) base 4) mediastinal (medial) surface

The trachea is lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells.

Loss of elasticity of lungs and chest wall results in a decrease of as much as 50% of lung capacity by age 70.

The laryngopharynx (hypopharynx), directs food from the oropharynx to the esophagus.

The epiglottis cartilage is attached to the vocal folds (true vocal cords).