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Respiratory System Concepts
Respiratory System Concepts
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1
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What is the primary function of the respiratory system?
Answer
The primary function of the respiratory system involves the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, the body, and its cells.
2
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What are the two main tracts of the respiratory system?
Answer
The respiratory system consists of the upper and lower tracts.
3
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What is the combining form for 'air sac'?
Answer
Alveolus.
4
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What is the combining form for 'airways'?
Answer
Bronchus.
5
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What does the combining form 'bronch/o' refer to?
Answer
Bronchus or airway.
6
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What does the combining form 'bronchiol/o' refer to?
Answer
Bronchiole or little airway.
7
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What is the combining form for 'carbon dioxide'?
Answer
Capno, carbo.
8
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What anatomical structure is referred to as the 'voice box'?
Answer
Larynx.
9
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What is the combining form for 'lobe' as in a portion of the lung?
Answer
Lobo.
10
Question
What does the combining form 'nas/o' refer to?
Answer
Nose.
11
Question
What does 'oro' refer to in anatomical terms?
Answer
Mouth.
12
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What is the combining form for 'oxygen'?
Answer
Ox/o.
13
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What is the combining form for 'palate'?
Answer
Palat/o.
14
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What is the combining form for 'throat'?
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Pharyng/o.
15
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What is the combining form for 'diaphragm'?
Answer
Phren/o.
16
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What is the combining form for 'lining of lungs'?
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Pleuro.
17
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What is the combining form for 'air' or 'lung'?
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Pneumo, pneumon/o.
18
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What is the combining form for 'lungs'?
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Pulmon/o.
19
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What is the combining form for 'sinus cavity'?
Answer
Sinus.
20
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What is the combining form for 'breathing'?
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Spiro, -pnea.
21
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What does the combining form 'thorac/o' refer to?
Answer
Chest.
22
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What is the anatomical term for the windpipe?
Answer
Trachea.
23
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What is the combining form for 'uvula'?
Answer
Uvul/o.
24
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What are the functions of the nose in the respiratory system?
Answer
Warms, moistens, and filters air as it enters the respiratory tract and houses the olfactory receptors for the sense of smell.
25
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What are sinuses?
Answer
Air-filled spaces in the skull that open into the nasal cavity.
26
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What anatomical structure is the roof of the mouth?
Answer
Palate.
27
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What is the hard palate?
Answer
The bony anterior partition between the oral and nasal cavities.
28
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What is the soft palate?
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The muscular posterior part of the palate.
29
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What is the pharynx?
Answer
A throat passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx.
30
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What are the three portions of the pharynx?
Answer
Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, Laryngopharynx.