Vocabulary

Respiratory System

Vocabulary

Respiratory System

  • alveolus
  • atmospheric pressure (Patm)
  • Boyle's law
  • bronchiole
  • bronchus
  • carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system
  • carbonic anhydrase
  • conducting zone
  • epiglottis
  • glottis
  • hypoxia
  • internal respiration
  • larynx
  • oxyhemoglobin
  • partial pressure
  • pharynx
  • pleurae
  • pleural cavity
  • pulmonary arteries
  • pulmonary veins
  • pulmonary ventilation
  • respiration
  • surfactant
  • trachea
  • vital capacity
  • vocal folds