Soc 17- The Structure Of The Respiratory System

Question 1

Inhaled Air Percentage

Answer 1

The air you breathe in is 20% oxygen and 0.4% carbon dioxide.

Question 2

Exhaled Air Percentage

Answer 2

The air you breathe out is 16% oxygen and 4% carbon dioxide.

Question 3

Vidal Capacity

Answer 3

The greatest amount of air that can pass in and out of the lungs by the most forceful inspiration and expiration. A measure that features in sports training and evaluation.

Question 4

Tidal Volume

Answer 4

The amount of air inspired and expired with each normal breath at rest or during exercise.

Question 5

Oxygen Debt

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Anaerobic Exercise

Answer 6

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

Question 7

VO2 max

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Respiration

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Diaphragm

Answer 9

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 10

Trachea

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Bronchus (pl.bronchi)

Answer 11

Tube along which air passes from the trachea into the lungs.

Question 12

Bronchioles

Answer 12

Smaller branches coming off the bronchi.

Question 13

Alveoli

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Haemoglobin

Answer 14

A type of protein found in every red blood cell.

Question 15

Gaseous Exchange

Answer 15

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