Spencer, Elisabeth Test- Respiratory And Excretory System Flashcards
4. What term do scientist use to describe the mechanical process in which air is pulled inside the body?
Breathing
- WKST- respiratory
6. What would happen if food entered the trachea?
You would choke, not talk, and possibly die
- WKST- respiratory
7. What is the bronchi and where is it located?
In the lungs
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
8. 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.
- WKST- Excretory system
10. During gas exchange, which substance moves from the alveoli into the bloodstream?
Oxygen
- WKST- respiratory
15. Dust in air that enters the nose is trapped by a sticky substances called what?
Mucus
- WKST- respiratory
19. What is the pulmonary artery and where is it located?
By the lungs
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
22. In which organ is urea produced?
Liver
- WKST- Excretory system
23. Directly above the bronchi, what occurs?
Nothing
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
27. Before the kidneys filter it out, where does urea exist before it goes to the bloodstream?
In your liver
- WKST- Excretory system
29. What is to the right of the sternum?
The trachea
- CLF- overview of the respiratory system
32. What happens to cause air to be inhaled into the lungs?
The diaphragm contracts, moves down and opens the rib cage
- WKST- respiratory
33. A blood vessel that is sometimes blue, contains what?
Carbon dioxide
- WKST- respiratory
34. What word best describes the pharynx?
Throat
- WKST- respiratory
35. What do capillaries have in common with veins and arteries?
They are all types of blood vessels
- WKST- respiratory
