Respiratory System Exam Review

A(n) __________________ is placed on a patient's finger or earlobe to measure blood oxygen levels.

• ABG

• pulse oximeter

• spirometer

• stethescope

Air is inhaled and humidified by the ___________respiratory tract.

• lower

• middle

• upper

• entire

In the ___________ respiratory tract, air is transported to the lungs, and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

• lower

• middle

• upper

• entire

The respiratory system works with the cardiovascular system to deliver _____________ to all the cells of the body.

• carbon dioxide

• intestinal fluid

• oxygen

• blood

The respiratory system works with the cardiovascular system to remove ____________ from all cells of the body.

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• intestinal fluid

• blood

____________ is the act of breathing out.

• expiration

• inspiration

• respiration

• auscultation

After reaching the trachea, inhaled air proceeds to the __________.

• larynx, alveoli, then bronchioles

• alveoli, bronchioles, then bronchi

• bronchioles, bronchi, then alveoli

• bronchi, bronchioles, then alveoli

During exhalation, humans breathe out carbon dioxide.

• True

• False

The suffix -pnea means

breathing'. Which prefix should be added to -pnea to mean "faster than normal breathing"?

• hyper

• hypo

• tachy

• brady

The right lung and left lung each have 3 lobes.

• True

• False