Part 1 - Respiratory/Nervous System Test Review

What is the function of the nervous system?

• Movement of blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body

• Sending and receiving information about what is happening in and around the body

• Movement of air into the body while removing waste gases

• Removing excess, unnecessary materials from the body fluids of an organism.

The smaller lung with 2 lobes

• Left Lung

• Right Lung

Larger lung with 3 lobes

• Left Lung

• Right Lung

Structure that branches off from the trachea and deliver air to the lungs:

• Left/Right Bronchi

• Bronchioles

• Epiglottis

• Pharynx

Flap that covers the entrance to the trachea and prevents food/liquid from entering the lungs

• Capillaries

• Diaphragm

• Epiglottis

• Bronchioles

Small branches of the lungs that take air towards the alveoli

• Pulmonary Capillaries

• Bronchioles

• Left/Right Bronchi

• Diaphragm

The large band of muscle below the lungs

• Diaphragm

• Epiglottis

• Bronchi

• Bronchioles

The smallest blood vessels of pulmonary circulation

• Larynx

• Pharynx

• Bronchioles

• Pulmonary Capillaries

Air travels from the nostrils to the pharynx and then into the __________.

• Left/Right Bronchi

• Nasopharynx

• Larynx

• Bronchioles

Air enters the respiratory system through the _________.

• Nostrils/Nares

• Pharynx

• Larynx

• Epiglottis