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Respiratory System

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What three functions does the nasal cavity provide?

a)

Warm air

b)

Filter air

c)

Humidify air

d)

Cool air

2.

What separates the oral and nasal cavity?

a)

Septum

b)

Nostril

c)

Palate

d)

Tongue

3.

What three purposes do the sinuses have?

a)

Produce Mucous

b)

Drain Tears

c)

Lighten Skull

d)

Resonance Chambers

4.

Windpipe =

a)

Trachea

b)

Larynx

c)

Pharynx

d)

Esophagus

5.

Voicebox

a)

Trachea

b)

Larynx

c)

Pharynx

d)

Esophagus

6.

Throat =

a)

Trachea

b)

Larynx

c)

Pharynx

d)

Esophagus

7.

Food Tube =

a)

Larynx

b)

Pharynx

c)

Esophagus

d)

Eppiglotis

8.

Flap that keeps food from entering your lungs =

a)

Larynx

b)

Pharynx

c)

Esophagus

d)

Epiglottis

9.

Where does gas exchange take place?

a)

Alveoli between air + blood capillary at cells between cell and blood capillary

b)

Epiglottis between air + blood capillary at cells between cell and blood capillary

c)

Larynx between air + blood capillary at cells between cell and blood capillary

d)

Pharynx between air + blood capillary at cells between cell and blood capillary

10.

A high respiratory rate means that you need more...

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

water

d)

energy

11.

How do gases move across the cell membrane?

a)

fusion

b)

diffusion

c)

progress

d)

exchanges

12.

Blue Bloaters have...

a)

Emphysema

b)

Chronic Bronchitis

c)

Cancer

13.

Pink Puffers have...

a)

Emphysema

b)

Chronic Bronchitis

c)

Cancer

14.

As air passes through the respiratory system, what structures does it go through from beginning to end?

a)

Nasal Cavity, Pharynx, Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli, Capillaries, Blood

b)

Nasal Cavity, Trachea, Pharynx, Bronchioles, Bronchi, Alveoli, Blood, Capillaries

c)

Pharynx, Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli, Capillaries, Blood, Nasal Cavity

d)

Blood, Nasal Cavity, Bronchioles, Trachea, Bronchi, Capillaries, Pharynx, Alveoli,

15.

List all 4 stages of respiration

a)

1. Pulmonary Ventilation 2. External Respiration 3. Gas Transport 4. Internal Respiration

b)

1. Pulmonary Ventilation 2. Internal Respiration 3. Gas Transport 4. External Respiration

c)

1. Gas Transport 2. External Respiration 3. Pulmonary Ventilation 4. Internal Respiration

d)

1. Internal Respiration 2. External Respiration 3. Gas Transport 4. Pulmonary Ventilation

16.

Pulmonary Ventilation =

a)

inhale/exhale air into/out of the lungs

b)

O2/CO2 exchange of the alveoli

c)

blood circulates gases around the body

d)

O2/CO2 exchange at cells

17.

External Respiration =

a)

Inhale/exhale air into/out of lungs

b)

O2/CO2 exchange at the alveoli

c)

blood circulates gases around the body

d)

O2/CO2 exchange at the cells

18.

Gas Transport =

a)

inhales/exhale air into/out of the lungs

b)

O2/CO2 exchange at the alveoli

c)

blood circulates gases around the body

d)

O2/CO2 exchange at the cells

19.

Internal Respiration =

a)

inhale/exhales air into/out of the lungs

b)

O2/CO2 exchange at the alveoli

c)

blood circulates gases through the body

d)

O2/CO2 exchange at the cells

20.

Which letter is the Pharynx?

a)

CD

b)

A

c)

BE

d)

E

21.

Which letter is the palate?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

22.

Which letter is the trachea?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

23.

Which letter is the Bronchi?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

24.

Which letter is the Bronchioles?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

25.

Which letter is the Alveoli?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

AC

d)

AE

26.

Which letter is the Diaphragm?

a)

AC

b)

AE

c)

BE

d)

CD

27.

Which letter is the Larynx?

a)

AC

b)

AE

c)

BE

d)

CD

28.

Which letter is the Cricoid Cartilage?

a)

AE

b)

AC

c)

CD

d)

CE