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Respiratory System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the functions of alveoli's ?

a)

to clean the mucus in the lungs and nasal cavity

b)

serve as a barrier to the lungs

c)

distribute air close enough to blood for a gas exchange of air and blood

d)

intakes O2 and releases CO2

2.

What does ciliated pseduostratisfied epithelium, also known as respiratory mucosa, do?

a)

line alveoli of the lungs where gas exchange occurs

b)

lining of the air tubes in the system

c)

move fluids along the surface of a layer of cells

d)

produce and release mucous

3.

What does cilia do?

a)

lines the aveoli lungs where gas exchange occurs

b)

lining of the air tubes in the system

c)

move fluids along the surface of a layer of cells

d)

produce and release mucous

4.

What do goblet cells do?

a)

lines alveoli of the lungs where gas exchange occurs

b)

lines the air tubes in the system

c)

moves fluids along the surface of a layer of cells

d)

produce and release mucous

5.

What type of tissues lines the alveoli of the lungs where gas exchange occurs?

a)

Simple Squamous

b)

Stratified Squamous

6.

What type of tissue is inside the nasal cavity, covers the larynx, and lines of pharynx

a)

Simple Squamous

b)

Stratified Squamous

7.

What is the mucous blanket

a)

most important air purification

b)

protective layer of the mucous, covering of the epithelial lining

c)

clean mucus moving upward to the pharynx from bronchioles

d)

lining of alveoli of the lungs where gas exchange occurs

8.

Mucous:

___mL and more produced daily

most important in ___ _________

______ and ______ contaminates

(a)  

9.

What does the ciliary escalators do?

a)

protective layer of mucous, covers ciliated ephitelial

b)

most important in air purification

c)

clean mucous moves up the pharynx from bronchioles

d)

lines alveoli of the lungs where gas exchange occurs

10.

What are the 3 main functions of the respiratory system?

(a)  

11.

What are the 2 basic functions of the respiratory system

a)

Gas Exchange

b)

Keep warm

c)

Air Distributor

d)

Humidify

12.

exchange of O2 and CO2 between lungs and blood

a)

external respiration

b)

internal respiration

13.

exchange of O2 and CO2 between blood and tissues

a)

external respiration

b)

internal respiration

14.

What is the nose's function?

a)

Warm and moisten air

b)

Passageway for foods/liquids

c)

Sense of smell

d)

Passageway for air

15.

Where are the tonsils found, and where do they open to?

a)

They're found at the larnygopharynx

b)

They're found at the oropharynx

c)

They open to the nasal cavity

d)

They open to the nasopharynx

16.

What is the pharynx function?

a)

Warm and moisten air

b)

Passageway for food/liquids

c)

Sense of smell

d)

Passageway for air

17.

What is the larynx's function?

a)

Passageway for foods/liquids

b)

Air Distributor

c)

Passageway for air

d)

Voice production

18.

Which of the following's function is a passageway for air (except the pharynx)

a)

Pharynx

b)

Larynx

c)

Oropharynx

d)

Trachea

19.

How many people die in the US caused by an obstruction to the trachea?

a)

1 million +

b)

1,000 +

c)

400 +

d)

30 +

20.

True or false:

Bronchi and bronchioles's function is to exchange gas

a)

True

b)

False