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Respiratory System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these is NOT a main job of the respiratory system?

a)

Pulmonary Ventilation

b)

Respiratory Gas Exchange

c)

Ventral Pulmonary Respiration

d)

External Respiration

e)

Internal Respiration

2.

Your nasal cavity is line with mucosa that do all of these EXCEPT.

a)

warm the air

b)

clean the air

c)

move the air

d)

moisten the air

3.

The surface area of the nasal cavity is increase by the...

a)

Septum

b)

Conchae

c)

Mucous membrane

d)

King Kong

4.

This area, normally referred to as the throat, contains tonsils and eustachian tubes. It's also the common passageway for food and air.

a)

Larynx

b)

Pharynx

c)

Marynx

d)

Tarynx

5.

This prevents food from entering your "wind pipe"

a)

tonsils

b)

glottis

c)

epiglottis

d)

trachea

6.

Airs is filtered by hair-like cilia in the trachea, as it continues to move down the trachea splits into the right and left

a)

bronchi

b)

bronchioles

c)

nasopharynx

d)

epiglottis

7.

The bronchioles end in time clusters of air sacs (individual grapes). This is where gas exchange occurs.

a)

bronchioles

b)

alveoli

c)

alveolar sacs

d)

bronchi

8.

An adult has approximately ______ alveoli in the lungs for gas exchange.

a)

200

b)

100,000

c)

2 million

d)

300 million

9.

This is a respiratory disorder that is caused by inflammation and fluid in the lungs

a)

Emphysema

b)

Asthema

c)

Lung cancer

d)

Pneumonia

10.

This is a progressive disease that makes it difficult to breath; includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

a)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)

b)

Cystic Fibrosis

c)

Asthma

d)

Tuberculosis