Respiratory System Vocabulary Well Defined terms with Certified Solutions 2024

Respiratory System Vocabulary Well
Defined terms with Certified
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Alveoli (Alveolus)

- ✔- Air sacs in the lungs from which gas is exchanged with the
capillaries.



Bronchioles

- ✔- The thin-walled branches of the bronchi; the smallest air-
conducting passageways of the bronchi.



Epiglottis

- ✔- A flap of cartilaginous tissue that covers the opening to the
trachea; diverts food and liquids to the esophagus during swallowing.



Expiration (Exhalation)

- ✔- The process by which air is expelled from the lungs.



Expiratory Reserve Volume (ERV)

- ✔- The additional amount of air that can be exhaled, or forced from
the lungs, immediately after a normal exhalation.

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Hemoglobin

- ✔- An essential molecule of the red blood cell that serves as a binding
site for oxygen and carbon dioxide.



Inspiration (Inhalation)

- ✔- The process by which air flows into the lungs.



Inspiratory Reserve Volume (IRV)

- ✔- The amount of air that can be inhaled immediately after a normal
inhalation.



Larynx

- ✔- A triangular-shaped space inferior to the pharynx that is
responsible for voice production; the voice box.