Exam 17: The Respiratory System

The secretory cells of the lungs are affected in patients with ____.​

The anterior portions of the nasal cavities just inside the nostrils are known as the ____.​

The uppermost portion of the pharynx is called the ____.​

Each segment of lung tissue is divided into a number of ____ wrapped in elastic connective tissue with a lymphatic, an arteriole, a venule, and bronchioles from a terminal bronchiole.​

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ -​windpipe

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ -​false vocal cords

Alveolar ducts are also called ____.​

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ -​Adam's apple

The respiratory system and the ____ system equally share the responsibility of supplying oxygen to, and eliminating carbon dioxide from, the body's cells.​

The sense of smell detects ____ stimuli.​

Patients with ____ suffer from the destruction of the walls of the alveoli.​

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ -​throat

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ -​secrete surfactant

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ -​breathing

The nose is separated into a right and left nasal cavity by the nasal ____.​

The epiglottis is a large piece of cartilage that covers the glottis when we swallow.​

As the domelike diaphragm contracts, it moves ____.​

The trachea is a passageway for both air and food.​

​A collapsed lung or reduction in the volume of a part of a lung is known as ____.

The lowermost portion of the pharynx is called the ____________________.​