Respiratory system

Question 1

Vital capacity

Answer 1

The maximum amount of air that can be forcibly inspired and expired

Question 2

Residual volume

Answer 2

The amount of air that remains in a persons lungs after fully exhaling

Question 3

Inspiratory reserve volume

Answer 3

The maximal amount of additional air that can be drawn into the lungs by determined effort after normal inspiration

Question 4

Tidal volume

Answer 4

The amount of air inspired and expired with each normal breath

Question 5

Expiratory reserve volume

Answer 5

The additional amount of air that can be expired from the lungs by determined effort after normal expiration

Question 6

Respiration

Answer 6

The movement of air from outside the body into the cells within tissues

Question 7

Diaphragm

Answer 7

A dome shaped muscle that separates the chest from the rest of the body

Question 8

Trachea

Answer 8

The tube that takes air into the body

Question 9

Bronchus

Answer 9

Tube along which air passes from the trachea to the lungs

Question 10

Bronchioles

Answer 10

Smaller branches coming off the bronchi

Question 11

Alveoli

Answer 11

Tiny sacs at the end of the bronchioles where gas exchange takes lace

Question 12

Intercostal muscles

Answer 12

Internal muscles that run between the ribs and help the chest to expand and shrink during breathing

Question 13

What is the oxygen in the alveoli diffused into and where is it transported to

Answer 13

It is diffused into the blood stream and transported to the working muscles

Question 14

What is the CO2 from the bloodstream diffused into and what does it then do

Answer 14

It is diffused into the alveoli in order to be exhaled by the lungs

Question 15

What is there a high concentration of in the alveoli after breathing in

Answer 15

Oxygen