Spencer, Elisabeth quiz: Respiratory and Excretory Flashcards
3. What is the organ straight above the kidneys?
Adrenal gland
- CLF-Urinary system diagram
2. Where in the respiratory system does the gas exchange occur?
In the alveoli
- WKST- respiratory
6. In the first stage of urine formation?
removal of urea and excess water and needed materials from the blood
- CLF-Urinary system diagram
12. Which of the following occurs in the second stage of urine formation?
Much of the needed material is returned to the blood and wastes are eliminated from the body.
- CLF-Urinary system diagram
19. During gas exchange, which substance moves from the blood into the alveoli?
Carbon dioxide
- WKST- respiratory
23. What happens when you breathe in?
Air pressure inside your lungs drop
The diaphragm contracts
Air from outside rushes into your lungs
- WKST- respiratory
24. What do the vocal cords stretch across?
Larynx
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
27. The dome-shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing is the what?
Diaphragm
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
28. What are the organs of excretion?
Liver Kidney Lungs Skin 78. CLF-Urinary system diagram
29. What is the system of urine?
Urea enters the kidney, urine passes through the ureters, ruin enters urethra
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
30. Where does the blood leave the blood stream?
The veins and arteries lead into a blob of cells and that’s where the blood leaves
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system