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Which of the following is a passageway for air, food, and water?
Pharynx
The trachea splits at the _________ to form the ____________.
Carina, primary bronchi
delivers unoxygenated blood to the lungs.
Pulmonary artery
The conducting zone's role is to
(All of the above)
Add water to airWarm air
Conduct air into the lungs
Clean air of debris
The inner layer that surrounds the lung itself is called the?
Visceral Pleura
This is the sum of the residual and the expiratory reserve volume.
Functional residual capacity
The Primary to drive to breath
Increase Carbon Dioxide levels in the arterial blood
During swallowing, which structures rises?
Pharynx
True or False: Inhaled oxygen travels down through the trachea, into the right and left bronchus, then into the segmental bronchi which branches even further into the lobar bronchi.
FALSE
What primary gas product is removed from your system during Exhalation?
Carbon Dioxide
Pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs
Pleura
The central control of breathing
Medulla
True or False: The left lung has three lobes and the right lung has two lobes.
FALSE
The two main branches extending from the trachea to the lungs
Bronchi
The thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates the abdomen from the chest. It contracts and flattens when you inhale.
Diaphragm
The "gate" that prevents food or fluid from entering the trachea.
Epiglottis
True or False: During inhalation, the diaphragm contracts upward to create positive pressure in the chest which allows the body to inhale oxygen.
FALSE
The conducting airways with the air that does not undergo respiratory exchange are known as the
Vital capacity
Gas exchange in the lungs occurs in the?
Alveolar sacs
The tube that conveys air to and from the lungs; the windpipe
Trachea
