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Respiratory System Part 1 A&P

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Inspiration v Expiration

a)

Air into lungs v air goes out lungs

b)

Air goes out lungs v air into lungs

c)

Neither is correct

2.

With more added volume, the pressure of a system will

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the same

3.

Why does air have pressure

a)

Layers of the atmosphere pushing air down

b)

Layers of the Earth pushing air out into space

c)

Layers of an onion, or ogres

d)

Layers of atmosphere pushing air out of the vacuum of space

4.

Sea level pressure is known as 760 mm Hg or 1

(a)  

5.

Negative pressure v Positive pressure

a)

More pressure in the lungs compared to the blood v less pressure in the lungs compared to the atmosphere

b)

Less pressure in lungs compared to the atmosphere v more pressure in the lungs compared to the atmosphere

c)

Pressure in the alveoli vs the pressure in the blood

d)

Doing the wrong thing because it's "cool" v having more pressure in lungs compared to the atmosphere

6.

The Diaphragm contracts in what directions?

a)

Expands superior into the brain and heart

b)

Contracts into the sides

c)

Posterior into the ribs and spinal cord

d)

Lower into abdominal cavity

7.

True or False: If a person jumped out of the atmosphere and into space, the pressure would immediately leave the lungs and they would not be able to breathe

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Who controls inspiration and expiration in the respiratory system?

a)

Liver

b)

Lungs

c)

Brain

9.

Steps of Inspiration

a)

The brain sends an action potential to the diaphragm and external intercostals

b)

Volume of the lungs increases as the pressure decreases

c)

Air moves into the lungs

d)

Forced gasping and respiration every moment of the night

10.

Steps of expiration

a)

Action potential is sent from the brain to the lungs, diaphragm, and external intercostals

b)

No action potential

c)

Diaphragm and external intercostals relax

d)

Pressure increases in the lungs and air moves out

11.

Which inward forces promote lung collapse?

a)

Surface tension reduces alveolar size

b)

Too much pressure within the diaphragm

c)

Elastic recoil of lungs decreases the size

d)

Wound to brain

12.

Outward force that tends to enlarge the lungs

a)

Elasticity decrease reduces the lung size

b)

Lung pressure is too great causing the lungs to combust

c)

Elasticity of the chest wall pulls thorax outward

13.

Ppul-Pip=

a)

Positive Pressure

b)

Respiration

c)

Negative Pressure

d)

Transpulmonary Pressure

14.

Boyle's Law

a)

Pressure=volume

b)

Pressure always goes up when volume goes up

c)

Pressure decreases as the atmospheric layers are more present

d)

P1V1=P2V2

15.

True or False: Inspiration is passive

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Air way resistance

a)

Friction major, nonelastic source

b)

Breathing on planes

c)

Increasing the pressure in blood in capillaries v the blood

d)

None are correct

17.

Why is airway resistance usually insignificant?

a)

The branching gets smaller and smaller, the resistance disappears at the terminal bronchioles

b)

Breathing descends into branching that will increase the diameter and size

c)

Breathing is a natural process controlled by the brain, difficulty is only a small factor compared to the pressure

18.

When resistance increases, breathing becomes more strenuous, severe constriction may prevent or stop ventilation, what can be regularly used to treat it?

a)

Surgery

b)

Acetylcholine

c)

HGH

d)

Epinephrine

19.

Alveolar Surface Tension

a)

Water coats alveoli and causes their surface area to expand, they expand to much and hold on to too much CO2

b)

Water coats the inside of the blood vessels and makes the alveoli smaller

c)

Water coats the alveoli and constricts them to small size as well as causing walls of lungs to stick together

20.

True or False: Surfactant reduces the surface tension of alveolar fluid

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Lung compliance is the

a)

Lung tension to alveolar sacs and structures

b)

Lung surface tension across alveolar ducts and membranes

c)

Lung elasticity in the blood vessels

d)

Measure of change in lung volume that occurs with given change in transpulmonary pressure

22.

Why is lung compliance usually high?

a)

Distensibility of lung tissue

b)

Surfactant

c)

Scarring

d)

Decreased flexibility of rib cage

23.

What factors can decrease total respiratory compliance?

a)

Deformities of thorax

b)

Distensibility of lung tissue

c)

Ossification of costal cartilage

d)

Paralysis of intercostal muscles

e)

Surfactant

24.

Respiratory volumes

a)

Tidal Volume

b)

Inspiratory reserve volume

c)

Expiratory reserve volume

d)

Residual volume

e)

Total Respiratory volume

25.

Tidal volume v residual volume

a)

Amount of air in and out during quiet breathing v air left over after ERV

b)

Air left over after ERV v air in and out during laborious breathing

c)

Air left in lungs to prevent collapse v air in and out during relaxed breathing

26.

IRV v ERV

a)

Amount of air forcefully expired beyond tidal v amount of air forcefully inspired

b)

Amount of air forcefully inspired beyond tidal v Amount of air forcefully expired beyond tidal

c)

Amount of air left to prevent collapse v air in and out while relaxed

27.

Inspiratory capacity v functional residual capacity v vital capacity

a)

Total air inspired after normal tidal volume v amount of air remaining in lungs normal tidal expiration v total amount of exchangeable air

b)

Total amount of exchangeable air v total air inspired after normal tidal volume v amount of air remaining in the lungs normal tidal expiration

c)

Total air inspired after normal tidal volume v amount of air forcefully expired v total amount of exchangeable air

28.

Anatomical dead space v alveolar dead space

a)

Anatomical gas exchange v non functional alveoli

b)

Collapsed lung alveoli v functional alveoli in nonfunctional areas of the lungs

c)

Cancerous areas of deteriorating lung tissue v dying alveolar tissue

d)

No contribution to gas exchange ~ 150 mL v non-functional alveoli

29.

Total dead space=

(a)  

30.

Minute ventilation is the total amount of gas flow in or out of the respiratory tract in 1 minute, what are the normal and exercised amounts?

a)

6 L per min v 200 L per min

b)

7 L per min v 210 L per min

c)

6 L per min v 200 L per hour

31.

AVR=

a)

Frequency x TV-dead space

b)

Frequency x TV

c)

Frequency Breath/hour X ml/Breath

32.

True or False: Rapid shallow breathing increases the AVR

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Which of the following are non-respiratory air movements

a)

Cough

b)

Sneeze

c)

Cry

d)

All of the above

34.

External respiration v internal respiration

a)

Diffusion of gases in the lungs v diffusion of gases at body tissues

b)

Gas going out of the lungs v gas coming into the lungs

c)

Diffusion of gas into the blood v diffusion of gas in the brain

35.

Both internal and external respiration require

a)

Composition of alveolar gas

b)

pH of the air

c)

Physical properties of gases

d)

Warmth of the air

36.

Partial pressure

a)

Only an amount of pressure of air in the blood

b)

Directly proportional to the total pressure of all gases

c)

Pressure exerted in gas in mixture

37.

Henry's Law

a)

P1V1 = P2V2

b)

Total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures of gases

c)

Each gas dissolves in total proportion only

d)

Each gas dissolves in proportion to partial pressure

38.

Amount of dissolvable gas is dependent on the

a)

Partial pressure of total gases

b)

pH

c)

Solubility

d)

Temperature

39.

True or False: Nitrogen can dissolve in the blood

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Alveoli contain more CO2 and water vapor than atmospheric air, the partial pressures can be changed by

a)

CO2 in the atmosphere

b)

Quickness of breath

c)

Depth and rate of breathing

d)

High AVR

41.

External Respiration, Pulmonary gas exchange

a)

Thickness of the lungs

b)

Ventilation-perfusion coupling

c)

Amount of blood in the lungs

d)

Partial pressure gradients and gas solubilities

e)

Thickness and surface area of respiratory membrane

42.

Lungs thicken when waterlogged and edematous, what involves reduced surface area?

a)

Tumors in brain

b)

Inflammation in blood

c)

Mucus in capillary next to heart

d)

Emphysema

43.

Respiratory membranes have how many times more surface area than skin

a)

40

b)

60

c)

80

d)

20

44.

Steep partial pressure gradient of O2 in the lungs

a)

drives CO2 into RBC

b)

Drives O2 flow into the lungs

c)

drives O2 flow into blood

45.

True or False: Partial pressure gradient for CO2 is from 45 alveolar to 40 venous

a)

True

b)

False

46.

How many times more soluble is CO2 than O2?

a)

20

b)

40

c)

60

d)

80

47.

Perfusion v Ventilation

a)

Blood flow reaching alveoli

b)

Amount of gas in ravioli

c)

Amount of gas reaching alveoli

d)

Amount of gas in and out of lungs

48.

Perfusion directs most blood to alveolar high regions, while perfusion

a)

Allows for the elimination of O2 in the blood

b)

Reduction of CO2 in brain

c)

Allows for elimination of O2 in lungs

d)

Allows for elimination of CO2

49.

External respiration is affected by

a)

Respiratory membrane thickness and surface area

b)

Respiratory adhesion

c)

Pressure of O2

d)

Respiratory cancer elimination

e)

Ventilation-perfusion coupling

50.

Internal respiration

a)

Capillary carrying blood capacity in body

b)

Capillary gas exchange in body tissues

c)

Capillary gas exchange in blood

51.

True or False: Partial pressures and diffusion gradients are reversed in internal respiration as compared to external respiration

a)

True

b)

False