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#31 Respiratory System

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is diffusion?

a)

When a material flows from a low concentration to a high concentration

b)

When a material flows from a high concentration to a low concentration

2.

What are some selection pressures that lead to the evolution of land breathing organism 380 million years ago?

a)

Global cooling, sea level was rising, and losing oxygen

b)

Global warming, sea level was falling, and losing oxygen

3.

What is the diaphragm?

a)

muscles that raise the rib cage

b)

a set of muscles that separates your thorax from your abdomen

4.

When your lungs are empty what does your diaphragm do?

a)

muscles that raise the rib cage

b)

a set of muscles that separates your thorax from your abdomen

c)

relaxes and pushes up against your lungs

d)

contracts and pushes up against your lungs

5.

When you breath in what does your diaphragm do?

a)

contracts and the external intercostal muscles in ribs contract lifting the ribs up and out

b)

a set of muscles that separates your thorax from your abdomen

c)

relaxes and pushes up against your lungs

d)

contracts and pushes up against your lungs

6.

What is the job of the conducting zone?

a)

Allow air into the lungs

b)

Allow for oxygen exchange

7.

What is the function of the respiratory zone?

a)

Allow air into the lungs

b)

Allow for oxygen exchange

8.

Why is the left lung smaller than the right?

a)

The right lung only has 2 lobes (not 3 like the right) because the space needed for the heart

b)

The left lung only has 2 lobes (not 3 like the right) because the space needed for the heart

9.

What is chronic bronchitis?

a)

inflammation of the lungs

b)

hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls

c)

inflammation of the bronchi that persists over long periods of time

10.

What is emphysema?

a)

inflammation of the lungs

b)

hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls

c)

inflammation of the bronchi that persists over long periods of time

11.

What is pneumonia?

a)

inflammation of the lungs

b)

hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls

c)

inflammation of the bronchi that persists over long periods of time

12.

When your lungs are empty what does your diaphragm do?

a)

Your diaphragm contracts and pushes up against your lungs

b)

Your diaphragm relaxes and pushes up against your lungs

13.

Why is the left lung smaller than the right?

a)

The left lung only has 2 lobes (not 3 like the right) because the space needed for the heart

b)

The right lung only has 2 lobes (not 3 like the left) because the space needed for the heart

14.

What important function does the nose and mucus perform?

a)

Keeps air warm and dry for sensitive lung cells and blocks some invaders

b)

Keeps air warm and moist for sensitive lung cells and blocks some invaders

15.

Some people say the human body is perfect. How does our breathing system disprove this?

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16.

What organ directs food away from the trachea and towards the esophagus?

a)

Tracheae

b)

Epiglottis

c)

Pharynx

17.

Why is the trachea rigid in structure?

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18.

Why is the esophagus loose in structure?

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19.

Where does the bulk of gas exchange occur?

a)

Tracheae

b)

Epiglottis

c)

Pharynx

d)

Alveolar sacs

20.

What type of tissue is alveoli?

a)

Stratified cuboidal epithelial tissue

b)

Simple squamous epithelial tissue

c)

Pseudo-stratified cuboidal epithelial tissue

21.

How much surface area do the average person's lungs take up?

a)

75 square meters or 807 square feet

b)

7.5 square meters of 880.7 square feet

22.

Tell me anatomically and physiologically what is happening when you take a breath? (use the words: phrenic nerve, diaphragm, medulla oblongata, external intercostal muscles, mucus, bronchi, and alveolar sacs)

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