Soc 17 Respiratory System

Question 1

Respiration

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Diaphragm

Answer 2

Primary muscle in inhalation. Sperates chest from the rest of body cavity

Question 3

Trachea

Answer 3

Tubes that takes airs into the chest

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 the carbon dioxide from the tissues

Question 9

VO2 max

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Oxygen debt

Answer 10

The amount of xygen needed at the end of a physical activity to break down lactic acid

Question 11

Anaerobic exercise

Answer 11

Working at a high intensity level without oxygen for energy production