Lab #8 Information Quiz(Respiratory) Flashcards
When oxygen is delivered tot he tissue cells and waste carbon dioxide is removed from the tissue cells the process is called?
Internal Respiration
During a normal inhalation, which muscles contract?
diaphragm and external intercostals
Dalton’s Law explains that in a gas is called what type of pressure?
partial pressure
The right lung has……..lobes and the left lung has…….lobes
3, 2
As you move deeper into the bronchial tubes, their composition changes so there is more……and less……than in the beginning of the bronchial tubes
smooth muscle…cartilage
As the volume of lungs increases, the air pressure inside the lungs….
decreases (Boyle’s Law)
What substance in alveolar fluid reduces the surface tension to allow air sacs to maintain their shape?
surfactant
What is the protein found on red blood cells that is used to transport oxygen around the body?
hemoglobin
when the body needs more oxygen, how does the body accommodate the need?
rate and depth of breathing increases.
When gases from the air inside the lungs and exchanged with the gases in the alveolar capillaries around the alveoli, it is called..
external respiration
Which types of cells line the alveoli of the lungs?
Type 1 alveolar cells