WorksheetsA&P Sem 2 Unit 2 Test Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why can a person not suffocate to death from holding their breath?
The autonomic nervous system takes control eventually.
The pressure differential in the lungs eventually creates a vacuum.
It's impossible to close the nasal passage to the lungs.
Air eventually enters the lungs anyway through osmosis.
In anatomy and physiology, what term specifically refers to the physical act of breathing?
pulmonating
ventilating
respirating
inhaling
Your sense of smell relies on which type of sensory receptor?
nocioceptors
mechanoreceptors
chemoreceptors
thermoreceptors
Which piece of anatomy is most immediately responsible for the sound of a person's voice as it sounds in everyday speech?
larynx
thyroid
cricoid
arytenoid
Esther feels an itch simultaneously deep in her ears and right above her soft palate. If the itch were caused by an actual irritation to the body part there, where is she feeling the urge to scratch?
laryngopharynx
oropharynx
nasopharynx
sinopharynx
What is the most inferior division of the pharynx?
laryngopharynx
oropharynx
nasopharynx
sinopharynx
What component of the respiratory system is commonly known as the windpipe?
pharynx
trachea
epiglottis
cricoid cartilage
What is the sequence air follows as it enters the lungs?
bronchioles, primary bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi
segmental bronchi, lobar bronchi, primary bronchi, bronchioles
primary bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi, bronchioles
primary bronchi, bronchioles, segmental bronchi, lobar bronchi
What is the "last stop" for air moving through the respiratory system before it begins to exchange oxygen with the circulatory system?
bronchioles
cardiac notch
alveolar ducts
carina
Astyanax wants to study oxygen exchange that occurs in the capillaries. Which form of oxygen exchange would he study?
diffusion
bulk exchange
aspiration
ventilation
Stacey was crushed under a heavy object and has a collapsed lung. What describes her condition?
emphysema
pneumothorax
bronchitis
COPD
What is the primary force that allows people to breath?
osmosis and diffusion
mitosis and meiosis
pressure differentials
heat exchange
As long as the ____ pressure remains higher than the _____ pressure, the lungs remain inflated.
intrapulmonary; atmospheric
atmospheric; intrapleural
intrapulmonary; intrapleural
atmospheric; intrapulmonary
