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Respiratory System

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This structure prevents food or water from entering the trachea.   Epiglottis  
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These are two triangular pieces of mostly hyaline cartilage located at the posterior and superior border of the cricoid cartilage and attached to the true vocal cords.   Arytenoids cartilage  
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What is the name of the passageway that ends at air sacs in the lungs?   Bronchiole  
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How is oxygen transported through the blood?   Bound to hemoglobin  
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What factors affect hemoglobins affinity for oxygen?   Ph of blood Your answer is incorrect, Partial pressure of the oxygen, Amount of oxygen available  
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Parts of the upper respiratory system?   Nose, Pharynx, Nasal meatuses  
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The nose connects with the throat through the   Pharynx  
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The portion of the pharynx that opens to the mouth is called the   Oropharynx  
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During swallowing, which structure rises?   Pharynx  
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What is pitch controlled by?   Tension of the vocal chords  
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This is located anterior to the esophagus and carries air to the bronchi.   Trachea  
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Which of the below tissues maintains open airways in the lower respiratory system?   Hyaline cartilage  
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Which of the below tissues provides the functions of the lining of the walls of the conducting organs?   Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells  
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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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What is the primary gas exchange site within the lung?   Alveolus  
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Which of the following tissues forms the exchange surfaces of the alveolus?   Simple squamous epithelium  
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These are cells of the alveoli that produce surfactant.   Type II alveolar cells  
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Exhalation begins when   Inspiratory muscles relax  
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The conducting airways with the air that does not undergo respiratory exchange are known as the   Anatomic dead space  
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This is the sum of the residual and the expiratory reserve volume.   Functional residual capacity  
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Which is the dominant method of carbon dioxide transport?   Dissolved in plasma as bicarbonate ions  
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This is direction of diffusion of gases at the alveoli of the lungs.   Oxygen into blood, carbon dioxide out of blood  
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This is direction of diffusion of gases at capillaries near systemic cells.   Oxygen out of blood, carbon dioxide into blood  
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What happens when blood becomes more acidic?   Hemoglobin releases oxygen more easily  
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