Test: Respiratory System Flashcards
8. Organs of excretion that maintain homeostasis include the liver, lungs , skin, and what?
Kidneys
Notability pg. 80
9. What term do scientists use to describe the chemical process in which oxygen and glucose react to release energy inside body cells?
Respiration
Notability pg. 79
10. What is the main function of the urinary system?
Removing toxins from your body
Notability pg. 80
15. During gas exchange, which substance moves from the alveoli into the blood?
Oxygen
Notability pg. 79
26. When the diaphragm contracts, air pressure in chest does what.
Decreases
Notability pg. 79
29. In gas exchange, oxygen passes from capillary into what?
Carbon dioxide
Notability pg. 76
30. During the reabsorbing process in the nephron, what is left to be excreted out?
Excess water or urea
Notability pg. 79
31. The respiratory system removes water and what from the body?
Carbon dioxide
Notability pg. 79
40. What is the function of the kidney?
organs that filter waste products from the blood.
Notability pg. 80
42. What are the functions for the ureters and the urethra ?
The ureter is the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.The urethra is the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder
Notability pg. 80
43. What is the urea and where does it get removed from the blood.
the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder
46. What is the lung? What are the tiny sacs of tissue that make up most of the lung. Describe what happens to these structures.
The lung receives deoxygenated blood from the heart, which contains alveoli. Gas exchange takes place in alveoli.
Notability pg. 78
47. What is the tranchea?
large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage
Notability pg. 78
48. What is the epiglottis?
Which closes off the gaping the tranchea when you swallow
Notability pg. 78
