Gas Transport and The Pleural Membrane

Question 1

Name the two types of gas transported by the lungs?

Answer 1

OXYGEN
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CARBON DIOXIDE

Question 2

Most of the oxygen is carried from the lungs to the body tissues bound to what?

Answer 2

HEMOGLOBIN (Hb)

Question 3

A small amount of oxygen is ____________ in the blood.

Answer 3

DISSOLVED

Question 4

Oxygen goes to _______ __________ where it is used.

Answer 4

BODY TISSUES

Question 5

Most carbon dioxide is carried in the blood in the form of what?

Answer 5

BICARBONATE (HCO2)

Question 6

Some carbon dioxide is carried attached to what?

Answer 6

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN

Question 7

A small amount of carbon dioxide is _____________ in the blood.

Answer 7

DISSOLVED

Question 8

Carbon dioxide is released at the lungs, and gets __________ from the body.

Answer 8

EXHALED

Question 9

Name the double layered serous membrane each lung is enclosed in?

Answer 9

PLEURAL MEMBRANE

Question 10

Name the 3 layers of the pleural membrane?

Answer 10

VISCERAL PLEURA
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PLEURAL CAVITY
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PARIETAL PLEURA

Question 11

Name the deepest layer of the pleural membrane?

Answer 11

VISCERAL PLEURA

Question 12

What is inside the pleural cavity?

Answer 12

LUBRICATING FLUID

Question 13

The visceral pleura is the layer of pleural membrane which covers the _________.

Answer 13

LUNGS

Question 14

The parietal pleura is the layer of pleural membrane which covers the inside of what?

Answer 14

INSIDE OF THORACIC CAVITY