Post Midterm

Question 1

A molecule that blocks the activity of carbonic anhydrase would

Answer 1

cause an increase in blood pH.

Question 2

A student in your lab volunteers to enter a hypoxic breathing chamber for 10 minutes, and his alveolar PO2 drops to 50 mm Hg. What other change would occur?

Answer 2

decrease in arterial PCO2

Question 3

Active expiration is produced by contraction of

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abdominal muscles and internal intercostals.

Question 4

Air entering the body is filtered, warmed, and humidified by the

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upper respiratory tract.

Question 5

Air moves into the lungs because

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the gas pressure in the lungs is less than outside pressure

Question 6

Air moves out of the lungs because

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the volume of the lungs decreases with expiration.

Question 7

Alveolar ventilation refers to the

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movement of air into and out of the alveoli.

Question 8

An increase in P CO2 would cause

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the bronchioles to dilate and the systemic arterioles to dilate

Question 9

An increase in the level of carbon dioxide in the blood will

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increase the rate of breathing.

Question 10

At a P O2 of 70 mm Hg and normal temperature and pH, hemoglobin is ________% saturated with oxygen.

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over 90

Question 11

Boyle’s law states that gas volume is

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inversely proportional to pressure.

Question 12

Carbon dioxide is more soluble in water than oxygen. To get the same amount of oxygen to dissolve in plasma as carbon dioxide, you would have to

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increase the partial pressure of oxygen

Question 13

Dalton’s law states that

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in a mixture of gases like air, the total pressure is the sum of the individual partial pressures of the gases in the mixture.

Question 14

Damage to the type II cells of the lungs would contribute to

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alveolar collapse

Question 15

During normal expiration,

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elastic recoil of stretched muscles helps return the thorax to its resting volume.

Question 16

Flow of air

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is directly proportional to a pressure gradient, and flow decreases as the resistance of the system increases

Question 17

If a student inhales as deeply as possible and then blows the air out until he cannot exhale any more, the amount of air that he expelled is his

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vital capacity

Question 18

Increasing the alveolar ventilation rate will

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increase the partial pressure of oxygen in the alveoli

Question 19

Match the factor with its effect on the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.

Increased Temperature

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Decrease

Question 20

Match the factor with its effect on the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.

Increased PCO2

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Decrease

Question 21

Match the factor with its effect on the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.

Increased pH

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Increase

Question 22

Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood is transported as

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bicarbonate ions.

Question 23

Most of the oxygen transported by the blood is

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bound to hemoglobin

Question 24

Of the factors that influence diffusion of respiratory gases, the most variable and, therefore, important factor to consider is the

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concentration gradient.

Question 25

Place the following structures of the respiratory tree in the order in which air passes through them.

1. secondary bronchi
2. bronchioles
3. primary bronchi
4. alveoli
5. terminal bronchioles

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3, 1, 2, 5, 4

Question 26

Pulmonary ventilation refers to the

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movement of air into and out of the lungs.

Question 27

Surfactant

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helps prevent the alveoli from collapsing.

Question 28

The actual sites of gas exchange within the lungs are

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alveoli.

Question 29

The expiratory neurons control the ________ muscles, whereas the inspiratory neurons control the ________ muscles.

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abdominal and internal intercostal, diaphragm and external intercostal

Question 30

The lungs are enclosed in ________ membranes.

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pleural

Question 31

The lungs are located in the ________ cavity.

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thoracic

Question 32

The most important chemical regulator of respiration is

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carbon dioxide

Question 33

The process by which dissolved gases are exchanged between the blood and interstitial fluids is

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diffusion

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Type I alveolar cells

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allow rapid diffusion of gases through their thin membranes.

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Type II alveolar cells

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secrete a chemical known as surfactant

Question 36

Ventilation is also known as

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Breathing

Question 37

When the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles contract,

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the volume of the thorax increases.

Question 38

Which of the following characteristics makes hemoglobin’s structure such a good match for its function as an oxygen carrier?

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Each hemoglobin molecule can bind four oxygen molecules.

Question 39

Which of the following would make the oxygen-hemoglobin curve shift right?

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increased H + concentration

Question 40

___________________ states that at a given tempurature, the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas.
Meaning that the concentration of gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the solubility and partial pressure of that gas. The greater the partial pressure of the gas, the greater the number of gas molecules that will dissolve in the liquid. The concentration of the gas in a liquid is also dependent on the solubility of the gas in the liquid.

Answer 40

Henry’s Law