Midterm Review

What structure in the breathing apparatus is porous and spongy?

• Rib cage

• Lungs

• Diaphragm

• Abdominal Wall

What structure in the breathing apparatus forms the floor of the thorax?
 

• Rib cage

• Lungs

• Diaphragm

• Abdominal wall

What structure of the breathing apparatus can only produce passive force?

• Pulmonary apparatus

• Chest wall

• Rib cage

• Abdominal wall

What pressure is most important for speech production?

• Atmospheric pressure

• Alveolar pressure

• Subglottic pressure

• Passive forces

_____ is force distributed over a surface (force/area)

• Waveform

• Amplitude

• Volume

• Pressure

If a 25-year-old man and a 75-year-old man read the same paragraph aloud, which would inspire more frequently?

• 25 year old man

• 75 year old man

If a 25-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman read the same passage aloud, would you expect them to have similar speech breathing behavior?

• Yes

• No

The ___ joints primary motion is rotating.

• Cricothyroid

• Thyroid

• Thyroarytenoid

• Cricoid

_____ is the only floating bone in the human body.

• Cricoarytenoid

• Thyroid bone

• Hyoid bone

• Thyroarytenoid

What ligaments and membranes connect laryngeal cartilages to outside structures?

• Extrinsic

• Intrinsic