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Physiology Stack 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ciliated cells lining the respiratory tract: | help move the mucus blanket toward the pharynx. |
| The chemoreceptors in the carotid bodies are particularly sensitive to: | hypercapnia. |
| Parasympathetic stimulation has no effect on any of the following areas except: | sweat glands |
| Norepinephrine is liberated at: | most sympathetic postganglionic nerve endings. |
| The forced expiratory volume test can determine the presence of respiratory obstruction by measuring the | volume of air expired per second during forced expiration. |
| _____ law states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. | Boyle's |
| During the respiratory cycle, intrapleural pressure is always less than alveolar pressure. This difference is called | transpulmonary pressure. |
| The exit of the bicarbonate ion from the red blood cell is balanced by the inward transport of another negative ion, chloride. This countertransport of negative ions is often called the _____ shift. | chloride |
| According to the law of partial pressures, the partial pressure of gas in a mixture of gases is | directly related to the concentration of that gas in the mixture and to the total pressure of the mixture. |
| Blood pressure is measured with the aid of an apparatus known as a(n) | sphygmomanometer. |
| A glycoprotein hormone that is secreted to increase oxygen concentration in the tissues is | erythropoietin. |
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