The function of the respiratory system is to maintain _______ through the supply of ________.
- Molecular oxygen
Two portions of the respiratory system
- Respiratory System
Components of the Conducting Portion
Components of the Respiratory Portion
The nose is a _____ organ made up of _____ and _____ covered with skin and subcutaneous connective tissue.
- Bone and cartilage
Components of nose
Types of epithelia found in the nasal cavities
Roof of nasal cavity and small area of the septum and superior conchae are lined by ________.
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory epithelium is an unusually thick layer of tall __________.
Pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium
Three kinds of cell in olfactory epithelium
The lamina propria of the olfactory epithelium has olfactory ________ which keep nasal epithelium moist.
Glands of Bowman
The nose conditions the inspired air for passage to the lungs by ______, ______, and ______ it.
Warming, filtering, and humidifying
Blanket of ______ over the nasal epithelium entraps dust particles.
Mucous
Odor bind to receptors on the ______ of olfactory cells.
Cilia
The binding of odors initiates _________ that travel along the axons of the neurons to the olfactory bulb of the brain.
Electrical signals
The existence of specific receptors for particular odors is through the occurrence of _________, an inherent ability to detect a particular odor.
Specific anosmia
Each sensory neuron in the olfactory epithelium expresses _________ and there are hundreds of neurons in the olfactory epithelium expressing the same receptor.
Only one kind of receptor
All neurons bearing same receptors converge upon one of a few aggregations of neurons in the olfactory lobe of the brain called ________ which process the __________.
- Odor discrimination
Most mammals have a ________ separate from olfactory epithelium for ________ that governs sexual behavior.
- Pheromones
The neurons from Vomeronasal organs ______ olfactory pathway and go directly to the areas of brain that control instinctive behavior.
Bypass
Vemoronasal organ in humans is ________ and its influence on human sexual behavior seems to have been lost.
Rudimentary
Paranasal sinuses are cavities in the _____, ______, and ______ bones.
Frontal, Maxillary, and Ethmoid
Paranasal sinuses have then mucosa with __________.
Ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells.
The beating of cilia normally move _____ towards an opening from the sinus into the nasal cavity.
Mucus