Anatomy Questions
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The movement of gases into and out of the respiratory system follows ______ law.
During pulmonary ventilation, approximately ______ milliliters of air are exchanged per breath, in a healthy adult.
The ______ fissure separates the superior and middle lobe, while the ______ fissure separates the middle from the inferior lobe.
The apex of the lung projects superiorly to a point that is slightly superior to the bone called the ______.
______ respiration involves the exchange of gases between the blood and the cells of the body.
The ______ lung has only two lobes, superior and inferior.
During exhalation, the volume of the thoracic cavity ______.
Deoxygenated blood is pumped from the ______ through the pulmonary trunk into ______ which enter the lungs.
The oxygenated blood leaves the lungs through the ______ and returns to the ______.
Contraction of the smooth muscle surrounding the bronchioles results in ______.
Pulmonary surfactant coats the inner alveolar surface to reduce surface tension and ______.
On the medial surface of each lung is an indented ______ through which a bronchus enters the lung
The respiratory membrane is the thin wall between the alveolar lumen and the ______.
The left lung has a medial surface indentation called the ______ that is formed by the heart.
The outer surface of each lung is tightly covered by ______.
The bronchioles are no longer lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium as the bronchi were but with ______ epithelium.
At rest, a normal adult has a pulmonary ventilation rate of ______ times per minute.
The small openings in the walls between adjacent alveoli are called alveolar ______.
The most inferior tracheal cartilage separates the primary bronchi and forms an internal ridge called the ______.
True or false: Main bronchi would have less cartilage than tertiary bronchi.