CH8
The health professionals who assist sleep specialists in the assessment, monitoring,
✅✅
management, and follow-up care of patients with sleep disorders are called
________________. - -sleep technologists
Select the elements of the respiratory tract. - ✅✅-Nose
Trachea
Pharynx
Larynx
What sinuses open into the nose? - ✅✅-paranasal
frontal
maxillary
Deconstruct the term tonsillectomy. - ✅✅-tonsill -- ectomy
What is the upper opening into the larynx from the oropharynx called? - ✅✅-glottis
✅✅
What type of physician specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of lung conditions?
- -pulmonologists
✅✅
What is the name of the two main branches that serve as the airways going to the
right and left lungs? - -bronchi
✅✅
The movement of air and its gases into and out of the lungs is called __. -
-ventilation
✅✅
What guards the nares to prevent large particles from entering the body? -
-internal hairs
How many lobes does the left lung have? - ✅✅-2
Surgical removal of the tonsils is termed ______. - ✅✅-tonsillectomy
A subdivision of an organ or other part is termed ______. - ✅✅-lobe
The flow of inhaled air moves from the pharynx to the ______. - ✅✅-larynx
✅✅
During expiration, the diaphragm and intercostal muscles relax so that the ______
cavity springs back to its original size. - -thoracic
What is another name for the windpipe? - ✅✅-trachea
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