Test - Urinary And Reispratory

Question 1

14. What happens to cause air to be exhaled from the lungs?

Answer 1

The diaphragm relaxes and moves upward

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Question 2

29. (True/false 2 points) In gas exchange, _______ passes from the capillary into the alveoli.

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide

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Question 3

31. (True/false 2 points) The respiratory system removes ______ and water from the body

Answer 3

Carbon dioxide

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Question 4

37. The process in which energy is released from glucose is called is called cellular

Answer 4

Respiration

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Question 5

43. What is urea? In what part of the body is it removed from the blood?

Answer 5

Urea is a waste material that comes from the breakdown of proteins. It’s removed from the the blood in the kidneys.
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Question 6

44. Identify structure B (digram of respiratory system, b is the “voice box”). What probably happens to a person if this structure is damaged or infected?

Answer 6

It is the larynx if it was damaged a person would have trouble talking.
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Question 7

45. Identify structure E (what rests under the lungs) and explain its function.

Answer 7

It is the diaphragm and it contacts and relaxes to change the size of the chest cavity and it also produces breathing.
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Question 8

46. What is structure D (what rest on top of the diaphragm)? What are the tiny sacs of tissue that make up of most of structure D? Describe what happens in these structures.

Answer 8

It is the lung, which contains alveoli. Gas exchange takes place in the alveoli. Gas exchange consists of the movement of oxygen from the air into the blood stream into the air.
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Question 9

48. Identify structure A (flap that closes off the trachea) and explain its function.

Answer 9

The epiglottis, which closes off the trachea when a person swallows.
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