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Respiratory System

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a tiny air sacs where gas exchange in the lungs occurs, estimated 300 millions, which provides a large surface for diffusion of gases

a)

Bronchiole

b)

Carina

c)

Alveolar sac

d)

Epiglottis

2.

What is a small hallow or cavity; Microscopic air sac in the lungs.

a)

Alveolus (plural, alveoli)

b)

Alveolar sac

c)

Glottis

d)

Larynx

3.

What is a small air passage within the lungs that carry air to the alveoli : begin at the bronchi and terminate in alveoli

a)

Carina

b)

Bronchiole

c)

Alveolar sac

d)

Epiglottis

4.

What is one of the two branching airways of the lungs: connects the lungs with the tranchea

a)

Vital capacity

b)

Surfactent

c)

Vocal cords

d)

Bronchus

5.

What is a indentation on the surface of the left lung that allows space for the heart.

a)

Carina

b)

Bronchiole

c)

Cardiac Notch

d)

Diaphragm

6.

what is a ridge at the base of the trachea that separates the opening of the right and left main bronchi.

a)

Alveolar sac

b)

Epiglottis

c)

Glottis

d)

Carina

7.

What is a dome shaped horizontal sheet of muscle; attached to the lower ribs; separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity

a)

Glottis

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Pharynx

d)

Carina

8.

What is a thin piece of tissue at the back of the tongue that covers the opening of the larynx and the trachea while swallowing

a)

Carina

b)

Pharynx

c)

Epiglottis

d)

Larynx

9.

What is called exhalation; the process in which air is expelled from the lungs.

a)

Internal resperation

b)

Pleura

c)

External rspiration

d)

Expiration

10.

What is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide etween alveoli and blood.

a)

External respiration

b)

Epiglottis

c)

Diaphragm

d)

Alveolar sac

11.

What is the opening between the vocal cords in the larynx.

a)

Expiration

b)

Vocal cords

c)

Glottis

d)

Tidal volume

12.

What is called inhalation; the act of taking air from outside of the body into the lungs.

a)

Expiration

b)

Larynx

c)

Inspiration

d)

Pleura

13.

What is the exchange of gases between the blood in the systemic capillaries and the cells of the body.

a)

Internal respiration

b)

Glottis

c)

Larynx

d)

Pleura

14.

What is also called the voice box; the area at the top of the throat that contains the vocal cords and produces vocal sounds.

a)

Expiration

b)

Pleurea

c)

Pharynx

d)

Larynx

15.

What is also called the throat; the region of the digestive tract between the mouth and the esophagus.

a)

Vocal cords

b)

Pharynx

c)

Glottis

d)

Larynx

16.

What is serous membrane that encloses the external surface of the lungs; lines the walls of the chest and the diaphragm.

a)

Alveolus sac

b)

Glottis

c)

Carina

d)

Pleura

17.

What is also known as a pleuritis is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs ald lines the chest cavity.

a)

Vventilation

b)

Pleurisy

c)

Vocal cords

d)

Trachea

18.

What is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sac known as alveoli

a)

VItaly capacity

b)

Rresidual volume

c)

Pneumonia

d)

Ssurfactant

19.

What is the amount of air that remains in the lungs even after a forceful, maximal expiration

a)

Rresidual volume

b)

Llarynx

c)

Glottis

d)

Phynax

20.

What are compounds that lowrr the surface tension between two liquid, between a gas and a liquid, or between a liquid and a solid

a)

Pleurisy

b)

Vlocal cords

c)

Pneumonia

d)

Ssurfactant

21.

What is the volume of air inhaled and exhaled during normal breathing; approximately 500 millimeters

a)

Vital capacity

b)

Tdial volume

c)

Trachea

d)

Glottis

22.

Aalso known as windpipe

a)

Rresidual volume

b)

Vlocal cords

c)

Tidal volume

d)

Trachea

23.

What is also called breathing; the process of moving air into and out of the lungs .

a)

Pleurisy

b)

Ventilation

c)

Llarynx

d)

Tdial volume

24.

What is the maximum amount of air that is moved into or out of the lungs

a)

Ccardiac notch

b)

Voral capacity

c)

Eexpiration

d)

Carina

25.

What is the two folds of connective tissue within the larynx; produces vocal sounds after vibration

a)

Voral capacity

b)

Rresidual volume

c)

Vlocal cords

d)

External

26.

What is also known as a pleuritis is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs ald lines the chest cavity.

a)

Vventilation

b)

Pleurisy

c)

Vocal cords

d)

Trachea