Exam 13: The Respiratory System

The larynx routes air and food into their proper channel and plays an important role in speech production.

Surfactant is usually present in fetal lungs in adequate quantities by ________.

The three mucosa-covered projections into the nasal cavity that greatly increase surface area of mucosa exposed to air are called ________.

The pharynogotympanic tubes, which drain the middle ear, open into the ________.

The process of moving air into and out of the lungs is commonly called breathing or ________.

Which one of the following bones does NOT contain paranasal sinuses?

Oxygen is unloaded from the blood stream and diffuses into surrounding cells and tissues during ________.

Chronically inflamed, hypersensitive bronchial passages that respond to many irritants are characteristic of ________.

The serous membrane that surrounds each lung is created by a parietal and visceral ________.

Using Figure 13.1, identify the following: -The inferior lobe of the right lung is indicated by ________.

The surface of each lung is covered by pulmonary, or visceral pleura.

Hyperventilation leads to all of the following except ________.

Which one of the following structures is NOT part of the respiratory zone?

The respiratory movement representing the total amount of exchangeable air is the ________.

Using Figure 13.1, identify the following: -The pharynx is indicated by ________.

The gas exchange that occurs between blood and tissue cells at systemic capillaries is called ________.

The nasal cavity is separated from the oral cavity by the nasal conchae.

Using Figure 13.1, identify the following: -The larynx is indicated by ________.

Match the following definitions with their associated respiratory volume or capacity: -Amount of air that can be forcibly exhaled after a normal tidal expiration

Which one of the following is NOT True of inspiration?