Soc 16 structure of respiratory system

Question 1

Respiration

Answer 1

Movement of air from outside the body into the cells within tissues.

Question 2

Diaphragm

Answer 2

The Primary muscle used in the process of inspiration, or inhalation. A dome-shaped sheets of muscle that seperates the chest from the rest of the body cavity

Question 3

Trachea

Answer 3

The tube that takes air into the chest, also known as the windpipe

Question 4

Bronchus

Answer 4

Tube along which air passes from the trachea into the lungs

Question 5

Bronchioles

Answer 5

smaller branches
coming off the bronchi.

Question 6

Alveoli

Answer 6

tiny sacs at the end
of the bronchioles, where gas
exchange takes place.

Question 7

Haemoglobin

Answer 7

A type of protein found in every red blood cell

Question 8

Gaseous exchange

Answer 8

the delivery
of oxygen from the lungs to the
bloodstream and the removal of
carbon dioxide from the tissues.

Question 9

Oxygen debt

Answer 9

The amount of
oxygen needed at the end of a
physical activity to break down
any lactic acid.

Question 10

Anaerobic excercise

Answer 10

working
at a high intensity level without
oxygen for energy production.

Question 11

VO2 max

Answer 11

The volume of oxygen
an athlete can consume while
exercising at maximum capacity.