Respiratory System Review

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
• to bring oxygen to the body
• to break down food and absorb nutrients
• to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___. 

• air/oxygen
• oxygen/carbon dioxide 
• carbon dioxide/waste 
• waste/air 

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Within the lungs, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs between the ___ and the capillaries. 

• trachea 
• bronchi 
• alveoli
• diaphragm

The passageway that is shared by both the digestive and respiratory system is the....

• larynx
• pharynx
• trachea
• nose

Flap of skin that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing

• Stomach
• Trachea
• Pancreas
• Epiglottis

The trachea leads to the...

• Bronchioles
• Bronchi
• Esophagus
• Pulmonary Vessel

What parts are involved with the change of pressure within the ribcage?

• The diaphragm and intercostal muscles

• Your pectoral and abdominal muscles (pecs and abs)

• The diaphragm and lungs

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The nasal cavity

• warms, filters and moisturizes air

• has two different sized holes

• always leaks when I'm sick

• all of the above

The process of ________ is when your diaphragm moves downward and your intercostal muscles move your ribcage up and out.

• talking

• exhalation

• sleeping

• inhalation

When the volume in your ribcage increases while the pressure decreases this is known as _____________.

• inhaling

• exhaling

• rehailing

• deahiling