Caroline Center A & P Respiratory System

What is the medical term for the physical movement of air into and out of the lungs?

• diaphragm extension

• breathing

• external respiration

• cellular respiration

Which of the following is "the exchange of gases between the alveoli in the lungs and the blood stream"?

• external respiration

• cellular respiration

• internal respiration

• breathing

What is the term for the tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gas exchange?

• bronchus

• trachea

• alveoli

• bronchioles

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the term for the exchange of gases in the body between the blood stream and the body's cells?

• external respiration

• cellular respiration

• breathing

• internal respiration

What is the term for the metabolic reactions and processes that take place inside of cells to convert nutrients into energy in the form of ATP?

• internal respiration

• cellular respiration

• external respiration

• breathing

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The main breathing tube from the from the mouth and nose leading to the lungs is called the:

• diaphragm

• bronchiole

• trachea

• bronchus

The dome shaped muscular partition separating the chest from the abdomen is called the:

• lungaphragm

• exhalator

• diaphragm

• ribs

When we exhale the diaphragm moves:

• up

• down

When we exhale, the ribs move:

• in

• out

The two branches off of the trachea are the left and right:

• lungs

• bronchioles

• bronchus

• diaphragm