Ch 15: Review Exercises

Question 1

The openings of the nose

Answer 1

Nostrils

Question 2

The scientific name for the voice box

Answer 2

Larynx

Question 3

The leaf-shaped structure that helps to prevent the entrance of food into the trachea

Answer 3

Epiglottis

Question 4

One of the two branches formed by division of the trachea

Answer 4

Bronchi

Question 5

The area below the nasal cavities that is common to both the digestive and respiratory systems

Answer 5

Pharynx

Question 6

The phase of pulmonary ventilation in which air is expelled from the alveoli

Answer 6

Exhalation

Question 7

The phase of pulmonary ventilation in which the diaphragm contracts

Answer 7

Inhalation

Question 8

The serous membrane around each lung

Answer 8

Pleura

Question 9

The respiratory structure involved in gas exchange

Answer 9

Alveoli

Question 10

The process by which oxygen moves from the blood into the tissues

Answer 10

Diffusion

Question 11

The substance that carries most of the oxygen in the blood

Answer 11

Hemoglobin

Question 12

Smaller branches of the bronchi

Answer 12

Bronchioles

Question 13

Seventy percent of carbon dioxide is transported in the body as

Answer 13

Bicarbonate

Question 14

The “wind pipe” refers to the

Answer 14

Trachea

Question 15

The layer of the pleura that covers the organ

Answer 15

Visceral Pleura