- 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.