respiratory diseases notes first half

Which one is NOT part of the respiratory tract?

• the upper respiratory
• the airways
• the lungs
• the arteries

What is the function of the respiratory system

• gas exchange 
• inhalation
• exhalation
• defense

What is pharyngitis?

• infection of the tonsils
• inflammation of the nose
• inflammation of the throat
• infection of the lungs

Most acute cases of pharyingitis are caused by

• bacteria
• viruses
• poor nutrition
• oxygen deprivation

What does the streptococci bacteria do

• causes cancer
• infects infants whose mothers smoked
• lines the bronchial tubes
• causes strept throat

Once you are exposed to the Strept throat how long before you become sick if you are infected?

• within three days
• immediately
• 3 days to one week
• 7 to ten days

True or false: if you don't show symptoms of Strept throat then you cannot pass it along to anyone else.

• true
• false

Strept throat is transmitted by

• crowded bathrooms
• direct contact with mucus or saliva
• sneezing
• airborne particles

We divide respiratory tract infections into two divisions 

• the upper and the caudal
• the lower and the inferior
• the upper and the lower
• the external and the internal

The only part of the lung that actually exchanges gases are the 

• bronchial tubes
• the left inferior lobes
• the right anterior lobes
• the alveoli