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What comes first in the respiratory tree the respiratory bronchioles or the terminal bronchioles?
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the terminal first
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Inside the chest each bronchus divides into smaller and smaller passageways known as?
The bronchial 'tree':The pharynx is the trunk. The primary bronchi are the first two large branches. They branch to form tertiary bronchi.Each tertiary bronchus branches into multiple bronchioles, which branch further into the very smallest conducting branches, the terminal bronchioles.The terminal bronchiole branches to form several respiratory bronchioles, where gas exchange takes place.
What is the relationship between bronchi bronchial tubes and bronchioles?
It is all a matter of size and there they are on the bronchial 'tree'. The pharynx is the trunk. The primary bronchi are the first two large branches (going to each lung). They branch to form tertiary bronchi.Each tertiary bronchus branches into multiple bronchioles, which branch further into the very smallest conducting branches, the terminal bronchioles.Each terminal bronchiole branches to form several respiratory bronchioles, where gas exchange takes place.
What body system is the bronchi part of?
The lungs. The bronchioles are the first airway branches that no longer contain cartilage. They are branches of the bronchi, and are smaller than one millimeter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchiole The lungs are in the respiratory system. They are used in the processing of oxygen in the body. The bronchioles are the first airway branches that no longer contain cartilage. They are branches of the bronchi, and are smaller than one millimeter.
Through which part of the respiratory system does air generally travel first?
The respiratory tract begins with the mouth or the nose, and then the pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, bronchioles, and then the oxygen exchange occurs in the alveoli.
What tubes carry air into the lungs?
The Trachea!
What are the smallest divisions from the trachea?
The division of the Trachea is the Bronchial Tubes.
When removing the battery leads from the terminals you do what first?
Disconnect the negative - terminal first, then the positive + terminal. Unfasten the battery hold down clamp. When reinstalling the terminal connections connect the positive terminal first.
What is the pathway of air through respiratory system?
At the back of the nose and throat lies the pharynx. The pharynx is further divided into the nasopharynx, oropharynx and layrngopharynx (aka hypopharynx).The nasopharynx from the base of the skull to the soft area at the roof of the mouth (soft palate). The sides of the nasopharynx are open and contain the sustachian tubes. Tonsils and adenoid are at the top of the nasopharynx.The oropharynx connects with the soft palate, travelling to the epiglottis (the valve that stops us from inhaling food, and closes when we drink and eat). The oropharynx communicates with the respiratory and digestive system.The laynrgopharynx begins at the epiglottis and and extends to the esophagus.Next comes the larynx, and now we're starting to enter the airways. The larynx connects the upper and lower airways. Then there's the trachea, mainstem bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi, and subsegmental bronchi - all divisions within the lungs of the bronchial tubes.Now things get smaller. Further down are the bronchioles, or small airways. This is were we start to get air. The bronchioles are the source of oxygen delivery.At the very end, in the terminal bronchioles, air conduction (not exchange) ends.We're almost there. The respiratory bronchioles are the very beginning of where we exchange air, taking in oxygen and blowing out carbon dioxideMouth --> Pharynx --> Larynx --> Trachea --> (LUNGS: Bronchus --> Bronchioles --> Alveoli), then back out.
Does air go to alveoli first then bronchi?
Trachea> Bronchii> Bronchioles (smaller branches of bronchii) > Alveoli
How do you install car battery?
Connect the terminal to the body of the car first, i.e. the nagative terminal, then connect the positive terminal.
What status is checked first when conducting a medical assessment?
Respiratory status
What is a sentence using the word terminal?
Attach the red wire to the positive terminal on the battery to be charged. This terminal is the first one built at this train station.
