Soc 17 - The Structure Of The Respiratory System

Question 1

Respiration

Answer 1

The 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 sheet of muscle that separates 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 gaseous exchange takes place.

Question 7

Haemoglobin

Answer 7

A type of protein found in every 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, after physical activity, to break down any lactic acid.

Question 10

Anaerobic exercise

Answer 10

Working at a high level intensity without oxygen

Question 11

Vital capacity

Answer 11

the greatest amount of air that can be pass into and out of the lungs by inspiration and expiration.

Question 12

Tidal volume

Answer 12

the amount of air inspired and expired with each
breath