Chapter 15 Vocabulary

4. The area of the throat used for speaking, breathing, and swallowing that houses the vocal cords.
7. gives large area for gas exchange,moves air to and from the gas-exchange surfaces of the lungs, protects respiratory surfaces
10. A large airway from the lung to the trachea (windpipe)
11. In each lung, the primary bronchi branch into smaller and smaller airways, forming the bronchial tree.
12. the throat, a chamber shared by the digestive respiratory systems.
13. reduces surface tension

1. Maximum amount of air that can be moved in/out of the respiratory system through a single respiratory cycle
2. windpipe, tough, flexible tube
3. A narrow passage where the diameter of the passageway has narrowed to about 1 mm, cartilages disappear.
4. Each of the two lungs that are separated by deep fissures.
5. Sets the pace for respiration (3 pairs of nuclei in reticular formation).
6. Lined by a protective mucous membrane, or respiratory mucosa, making the nose moist by creating mucus
8. The exchange that takes place within the lungs at air-fileld pockets
9. consists of the squamous alveolar epithelium, endothelial cells, and fused basement membranes
12. The pressure contributed by a single gas is the partial pressure of that gas, abbreviated as P.