E3 🫁 🫘 Respiratory and digestive systems (Lab Portion 25%)

Ch : 22 & 23

What is the bony structures in the nasal cavity that increase the surface area,

nasal conchae

What is the spaces between the nasal conchae that facilitate airflow and drainage within the nasal cavity.

nasal meatuses

What 3 regions of the body that contain elastic tissue

1. Ear

2. epiglottis

3. Eustachian

Thyroid cartilage is what kind of cartilage

hyaline cartilage

cricoid cartilage is what kind of cartilage

hyaline cartilage

laryngeal prominence is primarly known as what

the Adam's apple

The diaphragm is what kind of muscle

skeletal muscle

what is the last bronchiole before gas exchange

Terminal bronchiole

from the nostril to the terminal bronchiole it is know as wha zone?

the conduction zone

what is the first bronchiole in the respiratory zone

Respiratory bronchiole

What is the small airway in the lungs that leads from the respiratory bronchioles to the alveolar sacs, facilitating gas exchange.

alveolar duct

what are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs

alveoli

at the end of each alveoli there must be ______ in order for gas exchange to occur

capillaries surrounding them

what membrane lines the lungs

visceral pleura

what membrane lines the body wall of the lungs

parietal pleura

what is the lowest tracheal cartilage

carina

what is the space that separates the 2 lungs

mediastinum

what is the largest salivary gland

parotid gland

what does the appendix make

Good bacteria

the wave contraction of the peristalsis take how long to get the food down

5-8 seconds

how long does the chyme stay in the stoomach before entering the duodenum

2-4 hours

which digestive organ has an extra layer of muscle to assist in turning the food, what is the layer called

Stomach, Oblique layer

what 3 things in the small intestines help to increase surface area for absorption

1. Plicae circularis

2. villi

3. microvilli.

what kind of tissue is the small intestine

simple columnar epithelium

lacteals (a fat absorbing lymphatic vessel) is only found where in the entire digestive system

in the small intestine

mucosa associated lymphoid tissue is only found where in the entire digestive system

in the small intestine (peyers patches)

the liver has over how many functions

over 500

where does blood enter the liver

through the hepatic portal vein

where does blood leave the liver

through the hepatic veins

what is tenia coli in the large intestine

The longitudinal layer of smooth muscle

A fold of tissue that attaches the intestines to the abdominal wall, supporting blood vessels and nerves.

what is mesentery in the digestive system