Respiratory System

Question 1

Primary Functions

Answer 1

Provide oxygen to body tissues for cellular respiration and remove carbon dioxide

Question 2

Secondary Functions

Answer 2

Sensing odors, speech production, straining

Question 3

Conducting Zone

Answer 3

Moves air in and out of the lungs

Question 4

Respiratory Zone

Answer 4

Moves gases in and out of the blood

Question 5

Nose

Answer 5

Surface and skeletal structures

Question 6

Pharynx

Answer 6

Throat situated immediately posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity

Question 7

Larynx

Answer 7

Regulate air volume, sound production and protecting the trachea against food aspiration

Question 8

Trachea

Answer 8

Tube that connects the pharynx or larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air

Question 9

Alveolar Duct

Answer 9

Tube composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue

Question 10

Alveolus

Answer 10

One of the many small, grape-like sacs that are attached to the alveolar ducts

Question 11

Alveolar Sac

Answer 11

Cluster of many individual alveoli that are responsible for gas exchange

Question 12

Boyle’s Law

Answer 12

P1V1 = P2V2

Question 13

Boyle’s Law

Answer 13

Pressure and volume are inversely related

Question 14

Inspiration

Answer 14

Breathing in

Question 15

Expiration

Answer 15

Breathing out

Question 16

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 16

The control center that tells us to breathe

Question 17

Eupnea

Answer 17

Quiet breathing (normal breathing)

Question 18

Diaphragmatic breathing

Answer 18

Deep breath (diaphragm to contract)

Question 19

Hyperpnea

Answer 19

Forced breathing (manipulation of breathing)

Question 20

Diaphragm

Answer 20

Main breathing muscle

Question 21

Atelectasis

Answer 21

Collapsed lung

Question 22

Pneumonia

Answer 22

Lung infection that can be caused by viruses or bacteria (inflammation)

Question 23

Asthma

Answer 23

Body reaction to an allergy by causing constriction of the airways of the lungs

Question 24

Emphysema

Answer 24

The alveolar air sacs are destroyed and the lung itself becomes “floppy”

Question 25

Chronic Bronchitis

Answer 25

Inflamed airways which more carbon dioxide is produced

Question 26

Pneumothorax

Answer 26

There is air inside the thoracic cavity and outside the lungs

Question 27

Tuberculosis

Answer 27

Bacterial infection that thrives in areas of the body that have high oxygen