wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

2.1.5 & 2.1.6 - Ventilation Control & Role of Hemoglobin

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify which of the following are true:

a)

Inspiration at rest is a passive process

b)

Inspiration at rest is an active process

c)

Inspiration during exercise is a passive process

d)

Inspiration during exercise is an active process

2.

Identify which of the following are true:

a)

Expiration at rest is a passive process

b)

Expiration at rest is an active process

c)

Expiration during exercise is a passive process

d)

Expiration during exercise is an active process

3.

Where can we find the Pons & the Medulla?

(a)  

4.

Ventilation increases as a result of (select all that apply):

a)

Increase in blood acidity

b)

Decrease in blood acidity

c)

Increase in pH

d)

Decrease in pH

5.

An increase in blood acidity is associated with an:

(select all that apply)

a)

Increase in pH

b)

Decrease in pH

c)

Increase in Carbon Dioxide

d)

Decrease in Carbon Dioxide

6.

The respiratory centre consists of the:

a)

Alveoli & Pulmonary Capillaries

b)

Hemoglobin & Oxygen

c)

Hemoglobin & Carbon Dioxide

d)

Pons & Medulla

7.

Neural control of ventilation includes:

a)

Lung stretch receptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Blood pH

d)

Chemoreceptors

8.

The elastic recoil in the lungs is brought about by messages sent to the respiratory centre from:

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Muscle receptors

9.

Which respiratory control group controls the rate & depth of ventilation?

a)

The ventral respiratory group (medulla)

b)

The dorsal respiratory group

(medulla)

c)

The pontine respiratory group (pons)

10.

Which respiratory control group controls inspiration?

a)

The ventral respiratory group (medulla)

b)

The dorsal respiratory group

(medulla)

c)

The pontine respiratory group (pons)

11.

Which respiratory control group controls expiration?

a)

The ventral respiratory group (medulla)

b)

The dorsal respiratory group

(medulla)

c)

The pontine respiratory group (pons)

12.

Which type of respiratory receptors detect chemical changes in the blood?

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Joint receptors

13.

Which type of respiratory receptors help us make sense of body position?

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Blood pH

14.

Which type of respiratory receptors inhibit inspiration & stimulate expiration?

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Blood pH

15.

When the diaphragm, external intercostals & accessory muscles begin contracting more forcefully and at a higher rate in order to increase inhalation during exercise, what receptors are responsible for delivering this information to the Respiratory Control Centre?

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Hemoglobin Molecules

16.

When the rectus abdominis, internal intercostals & accessory muscles begin contracting more forcefully and at a higher rate in order to increase exhalation during exercise, what receptors are responsible for delivering this information to the Respiratory Control Centre?

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Hemoglobin Molecules

17.

When carbon dioxide levels within the blood increase during exercise, which receptors deliver that information to the Respiratory Control Centre?

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Proprioceptors

c)

Stretch receptors

d)

Hemoglobin Molecules

18.

Stretch receptors send a message to the Respiratory Control Centre which triggers inspiration

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Stretch receptors send a message to the Respiratory Control Centre which triggers expiration after the lungs have been stretched

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Stretch receptors prevent what from occurring to the lungs?

a)

Elastic recoil at the end of an inhalation

b)

Over-stretching of the lungs at the end of an inhalation

c)

Atrophying of the lungs during inhalation

d)

Residual volume levels from reaching critical levels

21.

The role of hemoglobin is to:

a)

Carry oxygen from the lungs to the bodies tissues

b)

Return carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs

c)

Moisten the alveolar membrane to facilitate diffusion

d)

Bind with oxygen to form oxyhemoglobin

22.

Hemoglobin is made up of __ protein molecules (globin chains) that are connected together & function as the binding site for oxygen

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

During oxygen transportion:

a)

The heart will pump deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle towards the lungs

b)

The heart will pump deoxygenated blood from the left ventricle towards the lungs

c)

The left ventricle pumps the oxygenated blood to the aorta which distributes the blood to the rest of the body

d)

The right ventricle pumps the oxygenated blood to the aorta which distributes the blood to the rest of the body

24.

During oxygen transportion:

a)

O2 is inhaled & re-oxygenates the blood

b)

CO2 is dropped off at the alveolus & exhaled out of the body

c)

CO2 passes from the alveoli to the blood capillaries via process of diffusion

d)

O2 passes from the bloodstream to the alveoli via process of diffusion

25.

Deoxygenated blood is blood with

a)

High concentration of O2 & low concentration of CO2

b)

High concentration of CO2 & low concentration of O2

c)

High concentration of both O2 & CO2

d)

Low concentration of both O2 & CO2

26.

Oxygenated blood is blood with

a)

High concentration of O2 & low concentration of CO2

b)

High concentration of CO2 & low concentration of O2

c)

High concentration of both O2 & CO2

d)

Low concentration of both O2 & CO2

27.

Only about ___ of the oxygen we breathe in will diffuse directly into the bloodstream to be delivered to the body

a)

0.5%

b)

1.5%

c)

3.5%

d)

5%

28.

___ of the oxygen we breathe in binds to hemoglobin and is then transported to the rest of the body

a)

95%

b)

96.5%

c)

98.5%

d)

99.5%