Respiratory System Review Sheet
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What is the role of the respiratory system?
What purpose does mucus serve in the respiratory system?
This separates the nasal cavity from oral cavity?
What separates nasal cavity from the brain?
What is the purpose of sinuses and what 4 bones contain sinuses?
What is the difference between visceral and parietal membranes?
What is the role of cilia in the respiratory tract?
What is the respiratory membrane and what structures are associated with it?
Describe the differences between the right and left lung.
Normal breath rate is ____ breaths per minute
Describe the changes in pressure in the thoracic cavity that allow breathing to take place
Describe the 4 events of respiration: 1. Pulmonary respiration 2. External respiration 3.
Respiratory gas transport 4. Internal Respiration
How is the Heimlich maneuver performed and when is it used?
Explain the purpose of surfactant
Explain the path that air would take from the oral cavity to the capillaries
Why is it important that tracheal cartilage is “C” shaped?
Structures
1. Glottis
2. Epiglottis
3. Trachea
4. Larynx
5. Pharynx- know the three sub-divisions
6. Palatine, lingual, and pharyngeal tonsils
7. Pons and medulla
8. Thyroid cartilage
9. Vocal cords
10. Anterior Nares
11. Cribiform Plate
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Internal respiration
External respiration
Pulmonary ventilation
Tidal volume
Inspiratory reserve volume
Expiratory reserve volume
Vital capacity
Cyanosis
Apnea
Physiological dead space
Diseases
1. Laryngitis
2. Cystic fibrosis
3. Rhinitis
4. Epistaxis
5. Tuberculosis
6. Pharyngitis