Respiratory System

Which one of these is NOT a main job of the respiratory system?

• Pulmonary Ventilation

• Respiratory Gas Exchange

• Ventral Pulmonary Respiration

• External Respiration

• Internal Respiration

Your nasal cavity is line with mucosa that do all of these EXCEPT.

• warm the air

• clean the air

• move the air

• moisten the air

The surface area of the nasal cavity is increase by the...

• Septum

• Conchae

• Mucous membrane

• King Kong

This area, normally referred to as the throat, contains tonsils and eustachian tubes. It's also the common passageway for food and air.

• Larynx

• Pharynx

• Marynx

• Tarynx

This prevents food from entering your "wind pipe"

• tonsils

• glottis

• epiglottis

• trachea

Airs is filtered by hair-like cilia in the trachea, as it continues to move down the trachea splits into the right and left

• bronchi

• bronchioles

• nasopharynx

• epiglottis

The bronchioles end in time clusters of air sacs (individual grapes). This is where gas exchange occurs.

• bronchioles

• alveoli

• alveolar sacs

• bronchi

An adult has approximately ______ alveoli in the lungs for gas exchange.

• 200

• 100,000

• 2 million

• 300 million

This is a respiratory disorder that is caused by inflammation and fluid in the lungs

• Emphysema

• Asthema

• Lung cancer

• Pneumonia

This is a progressive disease that makes it difficult to breath; includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Asthma

• Tuberculosis