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Th Respiratory System

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Mucous membranes of the nasal passages, nasopharynx and trachea are lined with what type of epithelium   pseudostratified cilated columnar  
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The right lung has   2 fissures 3 lobes  
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Internal respiration occurs   between systemic capillaries and tissue cells  
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The vocal folds are found in the   larynx  
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During internal and external respiration, gases move by   diffusion  
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The smallest and last tube the air flows through before it reaches the alveoli is the   alveolar duct  
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Which of the following is a passageway for air, food and water   pharynx  
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This structure prevents food or water from entering the trachea   epiglottis  
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This is located anterior to the esophagus and carries air to the bronchi   trachea  
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The point where the trachea divides into right and left primary bronchi is a ridge called   carina  
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Which is the dominant method of carbon dioxide transport   in plasma as bicarbonate ions  
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Carbon dioxide binds to the glob in portion of hemoglobin to form   carbaminohemoglobin  
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The enzyme carbonic anhydrase helps   carbon dioxide to react with water  
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If the air we breathe contains 10 percent of Gas X, the partial pressure of Gas X is   76 mmHg  
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As blood enters the systemic capillaries   PO2 is high in the blood and low in the tissues  
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When oxygen combines with the heme of hemoglobin, what is formed   oxyhemoglobin  
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Tidal volume is   the volume of air in one breath during normal relaxed breathing  
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Some hydrogen ions in the blood are produces by the dissociation of   carbonic acid  
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The amount of oxygen that can combine with heme is determines mainly by the   partial pressure of oxygen  
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In order for inspiration to occur   alveolar pressure must decrease  
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The amount of oxygen released by the hemoglobin molecules in the blood to the tissues   increases as blood pH decreases (i.e. the acidity increases)  
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In the lungs   PCO2 is low in the alveoli and high in the capillaries  
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Surface tension of the alveolar fluid is reduced by the presence of   surfactant  
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Eupnea refers to   a normal pattern of quiet breathing  
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The phrenic nerves innervate the   diaphragm  
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Lung compliance is affected mainly by the amount of elastic tissue in the lungs and the   amount of surfactant  
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The rhythm of normal breathing is controlled by neurons located in the   medulla oblongata  
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When the diaphragm lowers during breathing   volume in the thoracic cavity increases  
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A disorder characterized by destruction of the walls of the alveoli is   emphysema  
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An increase in pulmonary capillary permeability or an increase in pulmonary capillary pressure leads to   pulmonary edema  
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The most sensitive region of the respiratory tract for triggering the cough reflex is the   carina  
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The function of alveolar macrophages "dust cells" is   to remove debris from alveolar spaces  
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During normal quiet breathing, the diaphragm descends and the alveolar pressure decreases about   2 mmHg  
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When we inhale   both alveolar pressure and intrapleural pressure decrease  
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A modified respiratory pattern involves a series of convulsive inspirations followed by a single prolonged expiration. This pattern is characteristic of   sobbing  
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This is a disorder characterized by chronic airway inflammation, airway hypersensitivity to a variety of stimuli, and airway obstruction   asthma  
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At a partial pressure of 105 mmHg in the alveoli, the percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen in the pulmonary capillaries will be   almost 100%  
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The most common infectious cause of death in the US is   pneumonia  
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This area transmits inhibitory impulses to turn off the inspiratory area before the lungs become too full of air   pneumotaxic area  
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This area sends stimulatory impulses to the inspiratory area that activate it and prolong inhalation   apneustic area  
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This area controls the basic rhythm of respiration   medullary rhythmicity  
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Which of the following is not part of the upper respiratory system   trachea  
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Pitch is controlled by   amount of tensiono of the vocal cords  
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This is the primary gas exchange site   alveolus  
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Which of the below tissues maintains open airways in the lower respiratory system   hyaline cartilage C-shaped rings  
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Which of the below tissues provides the functions of the inner layer of the conducting organs below the larynx   ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with globlet cells  
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Which of the below tissues forms the exchange surfaces of the alveolus   simple squamous epithelium  
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There are cells of the alveoli that produce surfactant   type II alveolar cells  
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Which of the following is not a factor that the rate of pulmonary and systemic gas exchange depends on   force of contraction of diaphragm  
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This is direction of diffusion of gases at capillaries near systemic cells   oxygen out of the blood, carbon dioxide into blood  
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This is direction of diffusion of gases at the alveoli of the lungs   oxygen into blood, carbon dioxide out of the blood  
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These terms mean the lungs and the chest wall expands easily   high compliance  
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In ventilation-perfusion coupling, a high CO2 level causes the smooth muscles in the bronchioles that service the area to constrict   False  
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In ventilation-perfusion coupling, a low CO2 level causes the terminal arterioles that service the area to constrict   True  
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Oxygen binds to hemoglobin much more tightly than carbon monoxide   False  
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BPG, an intermediate in anaerobic respiration, when bound reversibly with hemoglobin lowers hemoglobin's affinity to oxygen   True  
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A decreased temperature causes hemoglobin to unload oxygen more easily   False  
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Cutting the phrenic nerve will cause paralysis of the diaphragm   True  
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When the inspiratory muscles of the chest wall contract, the size of the thoracic cavity decreases   False  
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The bulk of the carbon dioxide carried in the blood plasma is in the form of HCO3   True  
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Infant respiratory distress syndrome occurs when infants are not able to easily keep their alveoli open between breathes due to insufficient amounts of surfactant   True  
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Serous membrane bound to the surface of the lungs   Visceral pleura  
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Serous membrane that forms the outer wall of the pleural cavity   parietal pleura  
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Ridge covered by a sensitive mucous membrane; irritation triggers the cough reflex   Carina  
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Prevents food or fluid from entering the airways   Epiglottis  
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Secrete alveolar fluid and surfactant   Type II alveolar cells  
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Functions as a passageway for air and food and houses the tonsils   Pharynx  
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Tubular passageways for air connecting the larynx to the bronchi   Trachea  
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Main air passageway entering the lungs   Bronchi  
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Forms the anterior wall of the larynx   Thyroid cartilage  
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Connects the laryngopharynx with the trachea and houses the vocal cords   Larynx  
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Site of external respiration   Nose  
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Functions in warming, moistening, and filtering air; receives olfactory stimuli   Alveoli  
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Simple squamous epithelial cells that through which gas exchange occurs   Type I alveolar cells  
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Rapid and deep breathing   Hyperventilation  
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Absence of breathing   Apnea  
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Shallow, chest breathing   Costal breathing  
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Normal, quiet breathing   Eupnea  
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Deep, abdominal breathing   Diaphragmatic breathing  
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A deficiency of oxygen at the tissue level   Hypoxia  
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Above normal value for the partial pressure of carbon dioxide   Hypercapnia  
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The ease with which the lungs and thoracic wall can be expanded   Compliance  
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Hypoxia-induced vasoconstriction to divert blood to well-ventilated regions of the lungs   Ventilation-perfusion coupling  
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When blood pH drops then the amount of oxyhemoglobin (decreases/increases) and oxygen delivery to the tissue cells (increases/decreases)   decreases, increases  
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The abrupt increase in ventilation at the start of exercise is due to (neural/chemical) changes that send excitatory impulses to the inspiratory area in the medulla oblongata   neural  
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List eight modifies respiratory movements that are used to express emotions and to clear the airways   sighing, coughing, sneezing, hiccupping, laughing, crying, sobbing, yawning  
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TV+IRV+ERV   Vital Capacity  
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Amount of air exhaled in forced exhalation   Expiratory reserve volume  
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Total volume of air inhaled and exhaled each minute   Minute volume  
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Provides a medical and legal tool for determining a still birth from a live birth   Minimal volume  
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Volume of air in one breath   Tidal volume  
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Vital capacity+ residual volume   Total lung capacity  
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Tidal volume+ inspiratory reserve volume   Inspiratory capacity  
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Amount of air remaining in the lungs after expiratory reserve volume is expelled   Residual volume  
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Residual volume+ expiratory reserve volume   Functional redisual volume  
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Additional amount of air inhaled beyond the tidal volume with a very deep breath   Inspiratory reserve volume  
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Beginning with carbon dioxide, give the chemical formula sequence below that produces the bicarbonate anion   CO2 + H2O <---> H2CO3 <---> HCO3- + H+  
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This reaction occurs fastest in (plasma/RBCs) due to the presence of carbonic acid anhydrase   RBCs  
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After bicarbonate is formed, it it transported to the plasma in exchange of a (oxygen/chloride) ion   choride  
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