Respiratory Quiz (Review)

FINALS

Which of the following is a passageway for air, food, and water?

Pharynx

The trachea splits at the \_________ to form the \____________.

Carina, primary bronchi

delivers unoxygenated blood to the lungs.

Pulmonary artery

The conducting zone's role is to

(All of the above)

* Add water to airWarm air
* Conduct air into the lungs
* Clean air of debris

The inner layer that surrounds the lung itself is called the?

Visceral Pleura

This is the sum of the residual and the expiratory reserve volume.

Functional residual capacity

The Primary to drive to breath

Increase Carbon Dioxide levels in the arterial blood

During swallowing, which structures rises?

Pharynx

True or False: Inhaled oxygen travels down through the trachea, into the right and left bronchus, then into the segmental bronchi which branches even further into the lobar bronchi.

FALSE

What primary gas product is removed from your system during Exhalation?

Carbon Dioxide

Pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs

Pleura

The central control of breathing

Medulla

True or False: The left lung has three lobes and the right lung has two lobes.

FALSE

The two main branches extending from the trachea to the lungs

Bronchi

The thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates the abdomen from the chest. It contracts and flattens when you inhale.

Diaphragm

The "gate" that prevents food or fluid from entering the trachea.

Epiglottis

True or False: During inhalation, the diaphragm contracts upward to create positive pressure in the chest which allows the body to inhale oxygen.

FALSE

The conducting airways with the air that does not undergo respiratory exchange are known as the

Vital capacity

Gas exchange in the lungs occurs in the?

Alveolar sacs

The tube that conveys air to and from the lungs; the windpipe

Trachea