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Physiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The mechanism that produces pulmonary ventilation is one that establishes a gas pressure gradient between the | atmosphere and the alveolar air. |
| The volume of air exhaled normally after a typical inspiration is called _____ volume. | tidal |
| Hyperpnea means a(n) | increase in breathing. |
| The apparatus used to measure the volume of air exchanged in breathing is called a(n) | spirometer. |
| What variations exist in the body to temporarily store or carry oxygen? neuroglobin myoglobin fetal hemoglobin all of the above | all of the above |
| An obstructive lung disorder that is characterized by recurring spasms of the smooth muscles in the wall of the bronchial air passages is | asthma. |
| The sensors that provide feedback information to the medullary rhythmicity area are the | central chemoreceptors and peripheral chemoreceptors. |
| More than two-thirds of the carbon dioxide carried by blood is carried in the form of | bicarbonate ions. |
| An increase in carbon dioxide in the blood causes | a drop in pH in the blood. |
| Pressure gradients are established by changes in the | thoracic cavity. |
| The compound formed when carbon dioxide combines with hemoglobin is | carbaminohemoglobin. |
| During inspiration, as the size of the thorax increases, the | intrapleural and alveolar pressures decrease |
| The forced expiratory volume test can determine the presence of respiratory obstruction by measuring the | volume of air expired per second during forced expiration. |
| The _____ represents the largest volume of air an individual can move in and out of the lungs. | vital capacity |
| 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. |
| When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, some of the carbon dioxide molecules associate with water to form | carbonic acid. |
| Oxygen enters blood from alveolar air because the partial pressure of alveolar air is | greater than the partial pressure of incoming blood. |