Exam 17: The Respiratory System

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Air coming from the lungs causes the vocal cords to vibrate and produce sound.​

The lungs of infants with ____________________ have too little surfactant and tend to collapse.​

Goblet cells located in the trachea produce ____.​

In the lungs, surfactant is secreted by ____ cells.​

Olfactory receptors are located in the membrane that lines the ____ meatus.​

​Terminal bronchioles subdivide into microscopic branches called ____ bronchioles.

Tension on the true vocal cords controls ____.​

The oropharynx, has only one opening, the ____, which connects with the mouth.​

The three unpaired pieces of cartilage in the larynx are the thyroid cartilage, the ____, and the cricoid cartilage.​

The pharynx connects to the trachea via the ____.​

Legionnaires' disease results in acute ____.​

The ____________________ is a ring of cartilage that forms the lowermost or inferior walls of the larynx.​

Cystic fibrosis is caused by excessive exposure to asbestos, silica, or coal dust.​

The ____ residual capacity is the volume of gas in the lungs at the end of a normal tidal volume exhalation.​

The two phases of ____________________ are inspiration and expiration.​

The exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood is called ____.​

On entering the lungs, the primary bronchi divide to form smaller bronchi called ____ bronchi.​

Total lung capacity is the maximum volume of air that can be expelled at the normal rate of exhalation after a maximum inspiration.​

In the lungs, the grapelike outpouchings of epithelium and elastic basement membrane surrounded externally by a capillary network are called ____.​