Respiratory System Quiz #1

Preferred location for air to warm, moisten, and be filtered as it is inhaled.

• alveoli

• nasal cavity

• oral cavity

• diaphragm

The pharynx is commonly called the __________.

• voice box

• throat

• wind pipe

• epiglottis

The larynx is commonly called the __________.

• voice box

• throat

• wind pipe

• epiglottis

What is the tube that is also known as your windpipe?

• Nasal cavity

• Larynx

• Lungs

• Trachea

Which type of tissue is found throughout the respiratory tract from the nasal cavity to the bronchioles and helps filter air on its way to the alveoli?

• pseudostratified ciliated columnar

• simple squamous

• stratified cuboidal

• simple columnar

The two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)

• bronchi
• alveoli
• capillaries
• bronchioles

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place.

• bronchi

• lungs

• oxygen

• alveoli

These prevent the trachea from collapsing.

• rib cage

• diaphragm

• rings of cartilage

• rings of bone

The oxygen that enters the alveoli diffuses into

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• nerve tissue

• platelets

Which type of tissue lines the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries?

• simple squamous

• stratified squamous

• pseudostratified ciliated columnar

• transitional