Respiratory Review

What is the Adam's Apple

• Pharynx

• Reduced surface tension in the aveoli

• Larynx

• Thyroid Cartilage

What is another name for throat?

• epiglottitis

• palate

• pharynx

• larynx

Lung volume varies according to which of the following?

• weight

• height

• gender

• all of the above

True or False: The right lung has 3 lobes

• True

• False

What is the flap that covers the opening of the larynx?

• Epiglottis

• Trachea

• Palate

• Nasopharynx

An increased in breathing rate above the need for oxygen.

True or False: More people in the United States die from lung cancer than any other form of cancer.

• True

• False

The main site of gas exchange in the lungs is the____?

• bronchi

• alveolar ducts

• bronchioles

• aveoli

What are the two openings of the nose called?

True or False: External respiration takes place in the lungs.

• True

• False