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The soft part of the nose and the supporting rings of the respiratory passages are composed of fibrocartilage T or F?
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What tissue forms supporting rings of respiratory passages?
Ciliated and pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells plus goblet cells for the secretion of mucin.
The respiratory system includes a layer of cells in the air passages that clean the air before it gets to the lungs This layer of cells is best classified as?
a tissue
Is a sneeze a reflex action?
Sneezing is a reflex action that occurs when a substance irritates the respiratory passages. An involuntary sneeze is initiated either to remove or dislodge the particular substance.
What warms and moistens the air during the respiratory system?
During respiration it is the nose or nasal cavity that filters the air using mucous and hair within the nose, warms the air and moistens. This is performed when inhaling.
Can infected vomit that has passed through your nose give you upper respiratory infection?
Upper respiratory means your lungs and the breathing passages in your chest area. If you gasped or breathed while vomitting you might get some of the vomit in your lungs. Vomit that passes through your nose might infect your sinus area.
What tissue forms the supporting rings of respiratory passages?
Hyaline Cartilage
What tissue forms supporting rings of respiratory passages?
Ciliated and pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells plus goblet cells for the secretion of mucin.
What entraps microorganisms entering the respiratory passages?
Mucus entraps microorganisms entering the respiratory passages.
Why do you cough when your sick?
To clear out your respiratory passages
What is the Respiratory passages membrane is lined with?
cilia
What happens During an asthma attack a person's respiratory passages become?
During an asthma attack, a person's respiratory passages become narrowed and inflamed
What is the sign that the body of a smoker is trying to expel mucus buildup in the respiratory passages?
If a smoker is trying to expel mucus in the respiratory passages, that is done by coughing. Smokers often cough.
What is made of two lungs and a series of passages?
The respiratory system
What forms support rings of the respiratory passages?
Hyaline Cartilage
Are the lungs in the respiratory system?
The lungs are the major organs of the respiratory system. The respiratory system consists of nose, nasal passages, nasopharynx, larynx, trachea and lungs.
What is the sound called that is produced by air rushing through the large respiratory passages?
The sounds made by air rushing through the large respiratory passages are referred to as bronchial sounds. They are best heard in the mid-back.
Air in respiratory passages that does not contribute to gas exchange?
Dead space volume
