Soc 17 The Structure Of The Respiratory System

Question 1

Inhaled air

Answer 1

You breathe in 20% oxygen and 0.4% carbon dioxide.

Question 2

Exhaled air

Answer 2

You breathe out 16% oxygen and 4% carbon dioxide.

Question 3

While resting

Answer 3

Breathe 21 times a minute taking in about half a litre of air with each breath

Question 4

Vital capacity

Answer 4

Greatest amount of air that can be pass into and put of the lungs by the most forceful inspiration and expiration

Question 5

Tidal volume

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Respiration

Answer 6

Movement of air from outside the body into the cells within tissue

Question 7

Diaphragm

Answer 7

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 8

Trachea

Answer 8

Tibe that takes air into chest

Question 9

Bronchioles

Answer 9

Smaller branches coming off the bronchi

Question 10

Alveoli

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Haemoglobin

Answer 11

Type of protein found in every red blood cell

Question 12

Gaseous exchange

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Oxygen debt

Answer 13

Amount of oxygen needed at the end of a physical activity to break down any lactic acid

Question 14

Anaerobic exercise

Answer 14

Working at a high intensity level without oxygen for energy production

Question 15

Vo2 max

Answer 15

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