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A&P Sem 2 Unit 2 Test Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why can a person not suffocate to death from holding their breath?

a)

The autonomic nervous system takes control eventually.

b)

The pressure differential in the lungs eventually creates a vacuum.

c)

It's impossible to close the nasal passage to the lungs.

d)

Air eventually enters the lungs anyway through osmosis.

2.

In anatomy and physiology, what term specifically refers to the physical act of breathing?

a)

pulmonating

b)

ventilating

c)

respirating

d)

inhaling

3.

Your sense of smell relies on which type of sensory receptor?

a)

nocioceptors

b)

mechanoreceptors

c)

chemoreceptors

d)

thermoreceptors

4.

Which piece of anatomy is most immediately responsible for the sound of a person's voice as it sounds in everyday speech?

a)

larynx

b)

thyroid

c)

cricoid

d)

arytenoid

5.

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?

a)

laryngopharynx

b)

oropharynx

c)

nasopharynx

d)

sinopharynx

6.

What is the most inferior division of the pharynx?

a)

laryngopharynx

b)

oropharynx

c)

nasopharynx

d)

sinopharynx

7.

What component of the respiratory system is commonly known as the windpipe?

a)

pharynx

b)

trachea

c)

epiglottis

d)

cricoid cartilage

8.

What is the sequence air follows as it enters the lungs?

a)

bronchioles, primary bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi

b)

segmental bronchi, lobar bronchi, primary bronchi, bronchioles

c)

primary bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi, bronchioles

d)

primary bronchi, bronchioles, segmental bronchi, lobar bronchi

9.

What is the "last stop" for air moving through the respiratory system before it begins to exchange oxygen with the circulatory system?

a)

bronchioles

b)

cardiac notch

c)

alveolar ducts

d)

carina

10.

Astyanax wants to study oxygen exchange that occurs in the capillaries. Which form of oxygen exchange would he study?

a)

diffusion

b)

bulk exchange

c)

aspiration

d)

ventilation

11.

Stacey was crushed under a heavy object and has a collapsed lung. What describes her condition?

a)

emphysema

b)

pneumothorax

c)

bronchitis

d)

COPD

12.

What is the primary force that allows people to breath?

a)

osmosis and diffusion

b)

mitosis and meiosis

c)

pressure differentials

d)

heat exchange

13.

As long as the ____ pressure remains higher than the _____ pressure, the lungs remain inflated.

a)

intrapulmonary; atmospheric

b)

atmospheric; intrapleural

c)

intrapulmonary; intrapleural

d)

atmospheric; intrapulmonary