Respiratory System Review

Instructions

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Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system in humans?

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What reaction is the oxygen absorbed into the bloodstream from the lungs used for in our cells?

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What structure hopefully prevents food/liquid from entering the windpipe?

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What structure contains the vocal chords?

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What are the small sacks in the lungs where the majority of gas exchange occurs called?

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What small blood vessels surround the structures from the previous question?

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Which direction does a molecule want to move when crossing a membrane through simple diffusion?

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When the blood is passing the alveoli, where is the high concentration of oxygen?

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Based on your previous answer, where does the oxygen naturally want to move?

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When the blood is passing the alveoli, where is the high concentration of carbon dioxide?

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Based on your previous answer, where does the carbon dioxide naturally want to move?

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What is the path of oxygen in your respiratory system?

Oral/nasal cavity
Bronchioles
Larynx
Trachea
Alveoli
Pharynx

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What is the path of carbon dioxide in your respiratory system?

Bronchial tubes
Oral/nasal cavity
The bloodstream (in the capillaries)
Alveoli
Larynx
Bronchioles

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What is the muscle below the lungs that helps to change the volume in the lungs called?

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What other structures that surround the lungs (made of bone and cartilage) help to change the volume of the lungs?

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As the volume of a container increases what happens to the pressure?

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As the volume of a container decreases what happens to the pressure?

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Which direction does a gas want to move?

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The inside of the lungs has a pressure of 1.0 atm. The atmosphere has a pressure of 1.3 atm.

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The inside of the lungs has a pressure of 1.4 atm. The atmosphere has a pressure of 0.8 atm.

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Respiratory System Review

Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system in humans?

What reaction is the oxygen absorbed into the bloodstream from the lungs used for in our cells?

What structure hopefully prevents food/liquid from entering the windpipe?

What structure contains the vocal chords?

What are the small sacks in the lungs where the majority of gas exchange occurs called?

What small blood vessels surround the structures from the previous question?

Which direction does a molecule want to move when crossing a membrane through simple diffusion?

When the blood is passing the alveoli, where is the high concentration of oxygen?

Based on your previous answer, where does the oxygen naturally want to move?

When the blood is passing the alveoli, where is the high concentration of carbon dioxide?

Based on your previous answer, where does the carbon dioxide naturally want to move?

What is the path of oxygen in your respiratory system?

What is the path of carbon dioxide in your respiratory system?

What is the muscle below the lungs that helps to change the volume in the lungs called?

What other structures that surround the lungs (made of bone and cartilage) help to change the volume of the lungs?

As the volume of a container increases what happens to the pressure?

As the volume of a container decreases what happens to the pressure?

Which direction does a gas want to move?

The inside of the lungs has a pressure of 1.0 atm. The atmosphere has a pressure of 1.3 atm.

The inside of the lungs has a pressure of 1.4 atm. The atmosphere has a pressure of 0.8 atm.

Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system in humans?

What reaction is the oxygen absorbed into the bloodstream from the lungs used for in our cells?

What structure hopefully prevents food/liquid from entering the windpipe?

What structure contains the vocal chords?

What are the small sacks in the lungs where the majority of gas exchange occurs called?

What small blood vessels surround the structures from the previous question?

Which direction does a molecule want to move when crossing a membrane through simple diffusion?

When the blood is passing the alveoli, where is the high concentration of oxygen?

Based on your previous answer, where does the oxygen naturally want to move?

When the blood is passing the alveoli, where is the high concentration of carbon dioxide?

Based on your previous answer, where does the carbon dioxide naturally want to move?

What is the path of oxygen in your respiratory system?

What is the path of carbon dioxide in your respiratory system?

What is the muscle below the lungs that helps to change the volume in the lungs called?

What other structures that surround the lungs (made of bone and cartilage) help to change the volume of the lungs?

As the volume of a container increases what happens to the pressure?

As the volume of a container decreases what happens to the pressure?

Which direction does a gas want to move?

In order to increase the pressure inside of the lungs which of the following occurs?

In order to decrease the pressure inside of the lungs which of the following occurs?

The inside of the lungs has a pressure of 1.0 atm. The atmosphere has a pressure of 1.3 atm.

The inside of the lungs has a pressure of 1.4 atm. The atmosphere has a pressure of 0.8 atm.

What happens when you go up in altitude?