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Medical Surgical Nursing Chapter 12 The
Respiratory System questions with
correct answers respectively.

Air passes through? ANS - Nose, mouth, pharnyx, larnyx, and trachea. Then into lungs



Nasal Cavity ANS - -Lined with mucous membranes

-warms and moistens air as it passes through



Mucous Membranes ANS - -secrete mucus



Mucous ANS - trap dust particles and bacteria



Cilia ANS - -Small hairlike projections

-Propel mucous toward larnyx so person can swallow/expectorate it(cough and spit it out)



Paranasal Sinuses ANS - -Maxillary, Frontal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid

-Air filled cavities lined with mucous membranes, situated along the facial bones and nasal cavities

-Reduce weight of the skull, influence voice quality



Pharnyx ANS - -Nasopharynx

Oropharynx

Laryngopharynx

-Back of the mouth to esophagus

-Passage way for moving air to lungs and food to esophagus



Tonsils ANS - Masses of lymphatic tissue in the back of the oropharynx

, Epiglottis ANS - a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing



Larnyx ANS - airway to which the vocal cords are attached; between the pharynx and the trachea (voice
box)



Trachea ANS - -Windpipe

-From larnyx to bronchi

-Allows air to pass to and from lungs



Glottis ANS - -Opening between the vocal cords in the larynx

-Air from lungs exiting through larnyx causes rapid opening/closing of glottis

-mouth, lip, tounge, and jaw movement make air from glottis sound like speech sounds



Bronchi ANS - The passages that direct air into the lungs



How many loves does the right lung have? ANS - 3



How many lobes does the left lung have? ANS - 2



bronchioles ANS - -smallest branches of the bronchi

-Deliver air to the alveoli



pleura ANS - double-layered membrane surrounding each lung



visceral pleura ANS - inner layer of pleura lying closer to the lung tissue



parietal pleura ANS - outer layer of pleura lying closer to the ribs and chest wall

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