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Respiratory System Review

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Question 1
1.

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

Question 2
2.

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

Question 3
3.

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

Question 4
4.

What structure contains the vocal chords?

Question 5
5.

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

Question 6
6.

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

Question 7
7.

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

Question 8
8.

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

Question 9
9.

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

Question 10
10.

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

Question 11
11.

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

Question 12
12.

What is the path of oxygen in your respiratory system?

  1. Larynx
  2. Bronchioles
  3. Bronchial tubes
  4. Alveoli
  5. Trachea
  6. Pharynx
  7. The bloodstream (in the capillaries)
  8. Oral/nasal cavity
Question 13
13.

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

  1. Oral/nasal cavity
  2. Trachea
  3. Bronchioles
  4. Alveoli
  5. Larynx
  6. The bloodstream (in the capillaries)
  7. Bronchial tubes
  8. Pharynx
Question 14
14.

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

Question 15
15.

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

Question 16
16.

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

Question 17
17.

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

Question 18
18.

Which direction does a gas want to move?

Question 19
19.

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

Question 20
20.

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

Question 21
21.

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

Question 22
22.

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

Question 23
23.

What happens when you go up in altitude?