Respiratory System

Question 1

What system works independently with the respiratory system

Answer 1

Circulatory system

Question 2

What does the respiratory system consist of?

Answer 2

Lungs and respiratory muscles

Question 3

What main job does the respiratory system have to do?

Answer 3

Intake of oxygen from air into the body

And removal of carbon dioxide from the body into the air

Question 4

What is the purpose of lungs

Answer 4

They take in oxygen to produce energy for daily functions

Question 5

Where are the right and left lungs located?

Answer 5

In the thorax

Positioned either side of the rib cage

Question 6

Where is the heart situated ?

Answer 6

Between the lungs

Question 7

What are the heart and lungs connected by?

Answer 7

Pulmonary blood vessels

Question 8

What waste product is transported back to the lungs for removal ?

Answer 8

Carbon dioxide

Question 9

What order does air enter the body

Answer 9

Nose and mouth 
Pharynx (throat)
Larynx (voice box) 
Trachea (wind pipe) 
Primary branchi 
Branchiolies
Alveoli

Question 10

Why does the body breathe state two answers

Answer 10

Rising levels of co2 in blood

Stretch receptors in respiratory muscles become stretched

Question 11

What is expiration/ exhalation ?

Answer 11

Expelling air out of lungs

Question 12

What is inspiration/ inhalation ?

Answer 12

Drawing air into lungs

Question 13

What sport is good for breathing?

Answer 13

Yoga

Question 14

Explain what happens in the process of inspiration ?

Answer 14

The diaphragm muscle contracts causing the normal dome shape to flatten

• the external instercostal muscle contracts raising the rib cage
• creates a negative pressure known as vaccume effect sucking air into lungs

Question 15

Explain what happens in expiration?

Answer 15

Diaphragm muscles relax and rise returning upwards to dome shape

• intercostal muscles relax, decreasing the chest cavity volume.
• creates a positive pressure, which pushes some air out of lungs

Question 16

What is the main muscle involved in breathing

Answer 16

The diaphragm

Question 17

What is alveoli

Answer 17

Many tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow for rapid gaseous exhange

Question 18

What is gaseous exchanges

Answer 18

A diffusion of gases from a higher concentration to a lower concentration

Question 19

Where does gaseous exchange take place

Answer 19

Between the alveoli and capillaries in the lungs

Question 20

What is diffusion

Answer 20

During inspiration high levels of oxygen are present in the alveoli
This diffuses into the capillaries that surround the alveoli
Where there is a low concentration of oxygen.
Oxygen is then transported to the heart via the pulmonary vein.

Question 21

What is costal breathing

Answer 21

Is a shallow breathing pattern through the chest and involves contraction of the external intercostal muscles

Question 22

What is diaphragmatic breathing

Answer 22

A deeper method of breathing
The abdomen is encouraged to rise and fall, contraction and lowering of the diaphragm
Promoted in yoga

Question 23

What is lateral thoracic breathing

Answer 23

The sides and back of the rib ages to expand during inhalation to maximise the expansion of the rib cage and use of the lower lungs

Question 24

What promotes flexibility in the thoratic spine

Answer 24

Lateral and thoracic breathing

Question 25

Which exercise discipline uses the lateral thoracic breathing

Answer 25

Yoga