T3 Human A&P Vocab Quiz 5

What is the respiratory system?

• The respiratory system is a system that regulates body temperature.
• The respiratory system is responsible for digestion in animals.
• The respiratory system is a biological system responsible for gas exchange in humans

• The respiratory system is a system that controls blood circulation.

The only visible external part of the respiratory system

• Nose

• Nostril

• Lungs

• Trachea

Breathing enters the nose through the

• Nostril

• Trachea

• Bronchi

• Conchae

The lateral walls of the nasal cavity are uneven owing to three mucosa covered projections or lobes called

• Pharynx
• Conchae

• Sinuses
• Septum

Nasal cavity is separated from the oral cavity below by a partition called

• Epiglottis
• Palate

• Glottis

• Jawbone

Inflamed sinuses is called

• sinusitis
• sinusopathy
• sinusosis
• sinusopathy

A muscular passageway usually called the throat

• pancreas
• pharynx

• larynx

• thyroid

Also known as the voice box

• larynx

• pharynx

• trachea

• bronchi

Protects the superior opening of the larynx

• Cricoid cartilage
• Trachea
• Thyroid cartilage
• Epiglottis

The slitlike passageway between the vocal folds is the

• glottis
• trachea
• esophagus
• pharynx