Respiratory System

What is the main job of the respiratory system?

• Managing the sympathetic and parasympathetic responses

• Taking in oxygen and removing carbon dioxide

• Responding to external stimuli

• Breathing

The scientific name for tear ducts is

• Acrimonial ducts

• Salvitory tubes

• Lacrimal ducts

• Eustachian canals

Which of these is NOT a real structure?

• Nasopharynx

• Mesopharynx

• Laryngopharynx

• Oropharynx

The laryngopharynx branches into these two structures: (Select BOTH!)

• Esophagus

• Sigmoid colon

• Eustachian tube

• Trachea

The ___________ end in air sacs call alveoli.

This is the site of gas exchange in the lungs.

• Alveoli

• Bronchus

• Trachea

• Pharynx

What is the name of the lipid that cover the alveoli?

• Mucus

• Lung lipid

• Lacrimal fluid

• Surfactant

Which of these shows the correct order of the lung structures?

• 1. Bronchiole

  2. Bronchus

  3. Trachea

  4. Alveolus

• 1. Trachea

  2. Bronchiole

  3. Bronchus

  4. Alveolus

• 1. Trachea

  2. Bronchus

  3. Bronchiole

  4. Alveolus

• 1. Alveolus

  2. Bronchus

  3. Bronchiole

  4. Trachea

Which lung has three sections?

• Left

• Right

The left lung is smaller because

• it makes room for the heart

• the left side of the body needs less oxygen

• it functions only with expiration, which requires less volume

• the body doesn't need that much lung