Review Guide: Respiratory System
1. Microorganisms that are
removed by mucus are destroyed by the _____________________________
2. How can you change the pitch of the sound in the vocal cords? ___________________________
3. What causes altitude sickness? ____________________________
4. What is a deviated septum? __________________________
5. The area located behind the oral cavity and between the nasal cavity
and the larynx is the ____________
6. What happens when the diaphragm is lowered? ____________________________
7. What is the function of the hyaline cartilage of the trachea? ________________________________
8. What protein combines with oxygen in the blood (for transport)? ________________________________
9. What is the function of the nasal conchae? ____________________________________
10. What is the triangular slit that opens and closes during talking called?
____________________
11. Where is the respiratory center located? ________________________________________
12. What structure resembles a bunch of grapes? _____________________________
13. What is the function of the mucus membrane that lines the nasal cavities?
_______________________
14. The amount of air that enters and leaves the lungs during a normal
respiratory cycle is the ___________
15. What is the main force for pushing air out of the lungs? ________________________
16. Name a bone of the skull that does NOT have a sinus? ______________________________________
17. What is the Adam's Apple? ____________________________________
18. How does oxygen enter blood capillaries? _______________________
19. Oxygen travels from the pharynx to the ________________________ to
the _____________________
and finally to the ________________________
where oxygen is exchanged with the bloodstream.
20. Why is the first breath of a newborn the most difficult? ___________________________________
21. How many lobes are in the right lung? _________ The left lung? __________
22. What happens to your respiration rate with the level of CO2 rises?
________________________
23. What tool would be used to measure "vital capacity"? ______________________________
24. What is hypoxia? _________________________What is asphyxia? _________
25. The respiratory membrane (at the alveoli) is made of what type of
cells? _____________________
26. What is the function(s) of the respiratory system? ___________________________________
27. Name the organs of the upper respiratory tract? _________________________________________
lower respiratory tract? __________________________________________
28. In what body cavity are the lungs located? __________________________________
29. The taking in of air is called _______________________________________________
30. What structure prevents food from entering the airway during swallowing?
_________________________
31. What fluid lubricates the lungs? ________________________________
32. Where does the trachea lie in relation to the esophagus? __________________________________
33. What is the main vessel the sends deoxygenated blood from the heart
to the lungs? ______________
35. What is internal respiration? _________________________________________________
external respiration? ________________________________________________
What is cellular respiration? ______________________________ Where does it occur?
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Student Activities
Notes and Slides Over the Respiratory System
Case Study: Tibetans and Breathing at High Altitudes
Investigation: Measuring Lung Capacity