Physiology

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___.

• air/oxygen

• oxygen/carbon dioxide 

• carbon dioxide/waste 

• waste/air 

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

• bronchi

• lungs

• oxygen

• alveoli

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Which of the following structures transmits nerve impulses between the brain and most motor and sensory neurons

• artery

• diaphragm

• esophagus

• spinal cord

what is found around alveoli?

• capillaries

• pleura

• lymphatic nodes

• saliva

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical

Where does the process of digestion begin?

• mouth

• esophagus

• stomach

• small intestine

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Where does the absorption of nutrients from food take place?

• stomach

• liver

• small intestine

• large intestine

We breathe in _____& breathe out ______.

• oxygen, carbon dioxide

• carbon dioxide, oxygen

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What is the muscle called that assists with inhaltion & exhalation?

• diaphragm

• alveoli

• bronchus

Running is an activity that causes the cells in the muscular system to use oxygen at a faster rate. Which system responds by delivering more oxygen to these cells?

• digestive

• nervous

• circulatory

• endocrine