Respiratory System

Question 1

How does the brain direct the rate of brathin?

Answer 1

By responding to internal stimuli that indicates how much oxygen is needed by the body parts

Question 2

When does the breathing rate increase?

Answer 2

When carbon dioxide concentration increases, indicating the body needs more oxggyen

Question 3

Define inhalation

Answer 3

Taking in air into the lungs

Question 4

State of a diaphragm in inh and exh

Answer 4

Contract in inh
Relaxes in exh

Question 5

Asthma

Answer 5

Pathway Irritated, bronchioles constrict

Question 6

Bronchitis

Answer 6

Pathway infected, results in coughing and production of mucus

Question 7

E,physema

Answer 7

Alveoli break down, reduced surface area for gas exchange, causing reduce in gas exchange

Question 8

Pneumonia

Answer 8

Infection causes mucus around aleveoli

Question 9

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Answer 9

Bacterium infection, results in less elasticity of bloob capillaries, decreasing exchange of gas rate between blood and air

Question 10

Lung cancer

Answer 10

Uncontrollable growth of cells in lung tissue.

Question 11

Internal and External changes in gas

Answer 11

INTERNAL: gas exchange between blood and body cells
EXTERNAL: gas exchange between atmosphere and blood in lungs