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Respiratory system

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Function

Back (Answer)

supply oxygen, remove carbon dioxide,

#2
Front (Question)

Nas-, rhin-

Back (Answer)

nose

#3
Front (Question)

-plasty

Back (Answer)

plastic surgery

#4
Front (Question)

pleur-

Back (Answer)

chest lining

#5
Front (Question)

pneum-, pulm-

Back (Answer)

lungs

#6
Front (Question)

thora-

Back (Answer)

chest

#7
Front (Question)

trache-

Back (Answer)

Windpipe

#8
Front (Question)

Upper respiratory

Back (Answer)

Nose, nasal cavities, pharynx, larynx

#9
Front (Question)

Lower respiratory

Back (Answer)

Trachea, bronchi, bronochioles, conducting bronchioles, terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles alveoli

#10
Front (Question)

Conducting zone

Back (Answer)

acts to transport air

#11
Front (Question)

Respiratory zone

Back (Answer)

region where gas exchange occurs

#12
Front (Question)

Air spaces

Back (Answer)

Cervical air spaces, clavicular air sac, cranial thoracic air sac, caudal thoracic air sacs,abdominal air sacs, lungs

#13
Front (Question)

Components

Back (Answer)

Trachea, syrinx, bronchi, lungs: mesobronchi, ventrobronchi, dorsobronchi, parabronchi, air capillaries

#14
Front (Question)

Compliance

Back (Answer)

Ability to stretch

#15
Front (Question)

Elasticity

Back (Answer)

tendency to return to original size after distention

#16
Front (Question)

Surface Tension

Back (Answer)

the tension due to the attraction between like molecules

#17
Front (Question)

Mammal Pulmonary surfactant

Back (Answer)

Lowers surface tension between the alveolar membranes. made in alveolar cells in late pregnancy

#18
Front (Question)

Avian pulmonary surfactant

Back (Answer)

lowers surface tension between air capillary membranes. made from laminated osmiophilic bodies on day 18

#19
Front (Question)

Functions of the Upper respiratory system

Back (Answer)

Filter, Heat, Humidify

#20
Front (Question)

Tidal Volume

Back (Answer)

Volume of air moving in and out during respiration

#21
Front (Question)

Minute Respiratory Volume

Back (Answer)

Tidal volume times respiration rate

#22
Front (Question)

Resting tidal volume

Back (Answer)

Volume of air moving in an out during respiration at rest

#23
Front (Question)

Vital capacity

Back (Answer)

Maximum volume of air inspired after maximum expiration

#24
Front (Question)

Residual volume

Back (Answer)

the air that remains in the airways after maximal forced expiration and thus cannot be removed