Immune and Respiratory Systems Test

Question 1

what is job of respiratory system?

Answer 1

gas exchange

Question 2

what are the two major organs of respiratory system?

Answer 2

the lungs

Question 3

what are the small air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange happens?

Answer 3

alveoli

Question 4

another name for windpipe is ___.

Answer 4

trachea

Question 5

small spaces in our skull that help warm and humidify the air we breathe are the ____.

Answer 5

sinuses

Question 6

tube that carries air into the windpipe is ____.

Answer 6

pharynx

Question 7

another name for the voicebox is the ____

Answer 7

larynx

Question 8

a flap over the trachea that keeps food away from it is the ____.

Answer 8

epiglottis

Question 9

organ that carries air into the lungs ____.

Answer 9

bronchi

Question 10

muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity…

Answer 10

diaphragm

Question 11

when you hold your breath for a long period of time, the CO2 levels ______ and the pH ______.

Answer 11

increase , decrease

Question 12

boyle’s law describes ______ and _____.

Answer 12

inhalation and exhalation

Question 13

henry’s law describes how ____ _____ causes gas exchange.

Answer 13

partial pressures

Question 14

when an antigen-antibody complex forms, the reaction that is observed is called….

Answer 14

agluttionation

Question 15

when agluttination happens to Anti A and Anti Rh, what is the blood type?

Answer 15

A+

Question 16

medulla obongatta

Answer 16

-primary respiratory control center
-sends signals to muscles that control respiration in order to cause respiration to occur

Question 17

pons

Answer 17

-underneath the medulla
-controls rate and speed of involunatry respiration

Question 18

2 main regions of the pons

Answer 18

1. apneuistic center
2. pneumotaxic center

Question 19

2 main regions of the medulla oblongata

Answer 19

1. ventral respiratory group
2. dorsal respiratory group

Question 20

4 mechanisms of protection of the respiratory system

Answer 20

1. muscous + lysozymes in nasal cavity
2. mucociliary escalator
3. surfactant
4. aleviolar macrophage

Question 21

function of the mucociliary escalator

Answer 21

moves mucus toward pharynx

Question 22

function of surfactant

Answer 22

-helps decrease the surface tension within alevioli and keeps them open
-sign of maturity

Question 23

3 parts of the pharynx

Answer 23

1. nasopharynx
2. oropharynx
3. laryngopharynx

Question 24

true or false? the apneuistic and pneumotaxic centers work against eachother together in order to control respiratory rate?

Answer 24

true

Question 25

pneumotaxic center

Answer 25

decreases tidal volume

Question 26

apneuistic center

Answer 26

increases tidal volume
-controls intensity of breathing

Question 27

ventral respiratory group

Answer 27

stimulates expiratory movements

Question 28

dorsal respiratory group

Answer 28

stimulates inspiratory movements

Question 29

lymph

Answer 29

nearly colorless, alkaline fluid that occupies the space between all cells in the body

Question 30

intersitial fluid

Answer 30

seeps in and out through the walls of very small vessels called capillaries

Question 31

3 primary functions of the lymphatic system

Answer 31

1. transports proteins lost by capillary seepage and puts them back into the bloodstream
2. body’s immune response
3. pathway for absorption of fats into bloodstream

Question 32

function of lymph nodes

Answer 32

lymph nodes act as filters , clean the lymph before returning it back into the blood

Question 33

charles richard drew

Answer 33

researched blood transfusions

Question 34

what type of blood can type B be transfused with?

Answer 34

type b or type o

Question 35

what type of blood can type AB be transfused with

Answer 35

they are universal receivers

Question 36

what type of blood can type O be transfused with?

Answer 36

-only from people with type O
-they are the universal donors

Question 37

what is Rh factor?

Answer 37

-refers to the presence or absence of substance called an “agglutinogen” in red blood cells
-the person will be Rh positive if they have the reaction

Question 38

what happens if you mix Rh pos and Rh neg

Answer 38

blood clumping can occur which can be life-threatening

Question 39

how can doctors stop blood clumping

Answer 39

they use a methods that involves cross-matching blood samples in order to check for reaction of Rh before tranfusion