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Ace Your Knowledge Respiratory System 22 Ap Ii Lecture
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Ace Your Knowledge Respiratory System 22 Ap IiLecture
What is the function of the respiratory system? -ANS>To supply the body with
oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.
What are the 4 main processes that make up respiration? -ANS>Ventilation,
external respiration, transport, and internal respiration.
What is ventilation? -ANS>To breath, to move gas into and out of the lungs.
What is external respiration? -ANS>Exchange of gas between the lungs and the
blood.
Describe the transport process. -ANS>The transport of that oxygen-rich blood out
to the tissues and then carbon dioxide-rich blood back to the lungs.
What is internal respiration? -ANS>The exchange of gas between the blood and
the tissues.
List the organs of the respiratory system. -ANS>Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and
bronchi.
, Describe the conducting zone of the respiratory system. -ANS>Large macroscopic
parts nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and the bronchi
Describe the respiratory zone of the respiratory system. -ANS>Microscopic parts
bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and the alveoli.
Functions of the nose. -ANS>An airway for respiration. It moistens, warms, filters
and cleanses the air. It provides a resonation chamber for speech and the nose
houses the olfactory receptors
Main attribute of the sinus? -ANS>It lightens the bone.
3 divisions of the pharynx? -ANS>Nasopharynx, and oropharynx, and a
laryngopharynx
Function of the nasopharynx. -ANS>A passageway for air.
Function of the oropharynx. -ANS>A passageway for air and food.
Function of the laryngopharynx. -ANS>A passageway for air and food.
Where is the voice box located? -ANS>In the larynx
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