Respiratory Quiz (slides 1-22)

What is the function of the respiratory system?

• Removes carbons dioxide waste

• Exchanging gases between the blood and external environment

• Exchanging gases between the blood and tissue cells

• To warm, filter, and moisten air

Also called the voice box, inferior to the pharynx, composed of 8 rigid pieces of cartilage, houses the vocal cords.

Hint: capitalize the first letter

Three major parts of the respiratory system

• Lungs

• Airway

• Heart

• Muscles of the respiratory system

Which of the following below explains this:

-cells of the human body require a constant supply of oxygen

-carbon dioxide waste must also be removed

• Pulmonary Ventilation

• Tidal Volume

• Gas Exchange

• Residual Volume

Which of the following completes the information about the upper respiratory tract:

Air enters through the _____ ______ where it is warmed, filtered, and moistened. Passes through the _______ or throat. The the ______ or voice box

• Pharynx

  Nasal cavity

  Larynx

• Nasal cavity

  Larynx

  Pharynx

• Nasal cavity

  Pharynx

  Larynx

• Pharynx

  Larynx

  Nasal cavity

_____ ______ is divided into two cavities by the nasal septum

Hint: all lowercase

What is lined with ciliated mucosa and is a network of thin-walled veins that lies just under the surface and warms passing air

(Lower case)

What traps dust, mold, and other contaminants

• Ciliated Mucosa

• Nasal cavity

• Pharynx

• Larynx

Also called the throat where air is diverted away from the esophagus by the epiglottis

• Larynx

• Epiglottis

• Vocal cords

• Pharynx

What are the three sections the pharynx is divided into?

• Nasopharynx

• Manopharynx

• Oropharynx

• Laryngopharynx