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Med or Surgical Nurs. -Chapter 19 - Intro
to the Respiratory System questions
with 100% correct answers.

The respiratory system provides ______ for cellular metabolic needs and removes _______. ANS - 1.
Oxygen



2. CO2



The respiratory systems is divides into how many sections? ANS - 2



The upper respiratory systems consists of what? ANS - Nose

Sinuses

Turbinates

Pharynx

Larynx



What supports the external nose? ANS - Nasal bones

Cartilage



The external openings of the nose are called? ANS - Nares



The internal nose is divided into two cavities separated by the? ANS - Nasal septum



Each nasal cavity has how many passages created by the projection of turbinates or conchae from the
lateral walls? ANS - 3

, What warms and humidifies air that come into the nasal cavities ANS - Vascular and ciliated mucous
lining



Fine hairlike structures that move mucus to the back of the throat. ANS - Cilia



Extensions of the nasal cavity located in the surrounding facial bones that lighten the weight of the skull
and give resonance to the voice. ANS - Paranasal sinuses



What are the four pairs of paranasal sinuses? ANS - Frontal

Ethmoidal

Sphenoidal

Maxillary



Largest and most accessible to treatment in the paranasal sinuses? ANS - Maxillary



Which immunoglobulin antibodies in the mucus protect the lower respiratory from infection? ANS - A



Bones that change the flow of inspired air to moisturize and warm it better. ANS - Turbinates

(Conchae)



Carries air from the nose to the larynx and food from the mouth to the esophagus. ANS - Pharynx



What are the divisions of the pharynx? ANS - Nasopharynx

Oropharynx

Laryngeal pharynx



Means by which upper respiratory infections spread to the middle ear. ANS - Eustachian tubes



The epiglottis _______ during swallowing and relaxes during _______. ANS - 1. Closes

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