Respiration Assessment

The respiratory system includes the nose, mouth, throat, windpipe, lungs and rib cage.

• True

• False

We breath through our ________.

• skin

• ears

• nose and mouth

• eyes

Which muscle is primarily responsible for breathing?

• the triceps

• the biceps

• the diaphragm

What is the job of the diaphragm?

• It cleans the air that goes in through our mouth and nose.

• It moves down or up to make the chest cavity bigger or small.

• It helps the blood absorb the oxygen.

What is the job of the tiny hairs present in the nose?

• warm the nose

• help in sneezing

• filter and clean the air that we breath

• absorb oxyten

From the nose and mouth the air that we breath goes into __________.

• the lungs

• the windpipe

• the hearth

• the liver

The windpipe has small hairs and bile which clean the air as it passes.

• True

• False

What is the primary function of the lungs?

• To exchange gases

• To filter blood

• To produce hormones

The process of gas exchange called respiration takes place in the _______.

• windpipe

• mouth

• lungs

• heart

Which gas enters the blood in respiration?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Methane

• Oxygen