TUTORIAL
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Part a
1) What is the respiratory system?
a) The body's breathing
system
b)
c) The body's system of
nerves
d)
h) 2) Air can enter the body and travel
e) The body's food-processing
system
f)
g) The body's bloodtransporting system
to the lungs ...
a) through the mouth and the
e) through the windpipe and
nose
the pores
b)
f)
c) through the oesophagus and
g) through the nose and the
gullet
nervous system
d)
h) 3) What is the purpose of the little hairs inside the nose?
a) To fight disease.
b)
c) They serve no purpose.
d)
e) To keep dust out of the
lungs.
f)
g) To tickle the nose and cause
sneezes.
h) 4) What is another name for the windpipe?
a) Lungs
b)
c) Larynx
d)
e) Trachea
f)
g) Oesophagus
h)
i) 5) What happens to the windpipe, or trachea, before it reaches the
lungs?
a) It branches in two
e) It vibrates and creates
directions.
sounds.
b)
f)
c) It branches in three
g) It closes up so that no
directions.
oxygen can escape
d)
h) .
i) 6) What important activity takes place in the lungs?
j)
a) Food is digested.
k)
b) LIQUID waste is filtered
from the blood.
l)
n)
c) Oxygen is EXCHANGED for
carbon dioxide.
m)
d) The trachea is EXCHANGED
for the larynx.
o)
p)
q)
r) 7) Oxygen moves from the lungs into the bloodstream through ...
A. nerve fibres
s)
B. a large artery in the heart
t)
C. small blood vessels in the
lungs
u)
D. a tube in the lungs called
the jugular vein
v) 8) When we breathe in, we inhale many gases, including oxygen.
What happens to the gases that the body can't use?
a. They are exhaled.
w)
b. They are changed into
oxygen by the lungs.
x)
y)
d. They are absorbed
into
the
digestive
system and used to
create energy.
c. They circulate through
the body and are
disposed of later.
z)
aa)
9) Which organ is made up of air-carrying tubes and tiny sacs?
a) The brain
b)
c) The lungs
d)
h)
e) The stomach
f)
g) The diaphragm
i) 10 )What body structure protects the lungs from outside harm?
a) Cartilage
b)
c) Tiny sacs
d)
e) The rib cage
f)
g) The diaphragm
h)
i)
j)
k)
l) 11) After working outdoors in the garden, you come indoors and
blow your nose to find dirt in the mucus. What function of the
respiratory system is your nose performing?
a. causing an allergic
reaction
b. adding moisture to
the air
c. warming the air
d. filtering the air
e.
f. 12 )What connects the throat with the middle ear so that air
pressure can be equalized on the eardrum?
a. larynx passageways
b. tracheolas
c. Eustachian tubes
d. pharynx
e.
f. 13) What prevents food from going down the trachea?
a. tongue
b. glottis
c. esophagus
d. epiglottis
e.
f. 14) The large muscle involved in breathing that separates the
thoracic and abdominal cavities is the __________.
a. intercostal muscle
b. breathing muscle
c. bronchiolar muscle
d. diaphragm
e.
f. 15) CONTRACTION of the intercostal muscles and diaphragm
cause the thoracic cavity to ____________ and the air pressure
in the lungs to _____________
a. expand; decrease
b. CONTRACT; increase
c. expand; increase
d. CONTRACT; decrease
e. 16) The amount of air that leaves the lungs under normal
conditions is called the __________.
a. tidal volume
b. residual volume
c. total lung capacity
d. vital capacity
e. 17) Which of the following best describes the vital capacity?
a. expiratory reserve
plus residual volume
b. inspiratory reserve
plus expiratory
reserve plus tidal
volume
c. tidal capacity plus
inspiratory capacity
d. total lung capacitY
e.
f. 18) The aortic and carotid bodies respond to changes in the
concentration of ______.
a. carbon dioxide
b. oxygen
c. hemoglobin
d. carbonic acid
e.
f. 19)Gas EXCHANGE in the lungs happens by the process of
a) osmosis.
b) diffusion.
c) exocytosis.
d) active transport
e) .
f) 20) Most oxygen in the blood is transported
a) as gas dissolved in plasma.
b) as oxyhemoglobin.
c) as carboxyhemoglobin.
d) as bicarbonate.
e) 21. The primary chemical stimulus for breathing is the concentration
of
a) carbon monoxide in the
blood.
b) carbon dioxide in the blood.
c) oxygen in the blood.
d) carbonic acid in the blood
e)
f) 22)The exchange of gases between blood and cells is called:
a)
b)
c)
d)
internal respiration
internal ventilation
external respiration
pulmonary ventilation
e)
f) PART B
g)
h) 1. Describe structure of the
lung under the following
structure
i) a. lobes and
bronchopulmonary segment
j) b. pleura
k) c. muscle of respiration
