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The Respiratory Test Review. Question #1. Why do you need oxygen?. Answer. Oxygen is needed in cellular respiration to break down glucose into a useful form of energy called ATP. Question #2. What part of the brain regulates the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide needed in the blood stream?.
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Question #1 • Why do you need oxygen?
Answer • Oxygen is needed in cellular respiration to break down glucose into a useful form of energy called ATP.
Question #2 • What part of the brain regulates the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide needed in the blood stream?
Answer • The medulla oblongata
Question #3 • Name one part of the line defense of the lungs.
Answer • mucus • macrophages
Question #4 • Is the air pressure higher or lower during inhalation?
Answer • lower
Question #5 • What is Tidal Volume?
Answer • The volume of air during a normal breath.
Question #6 • What happens to the diaphragm during inhalation?
Answer • It lowers (contracts)
Question #7 • Name the instrument used to measure the volume of your lungs.
Answer • The spirometer
Question #8 • What is the name of the substance that prevents your alveoli walls from sticking together.
Answer • surfactant
Question #9 • Which part of the respiratory system traps the most debris?
Answer • The nose
Question #10 • If you had laryngitis what would be the major symptom?
Answer • Loss of your voice
Question #11 • What keeps your trachea from collapsing?
Answer • Rings of cartilage
Question #12 • The branches of the bronchi eventually become ___________.
Answer • bronchioles
Question #13 • What are the smallest, elastic, microscopic parts of the lungs called?
Answer • Alveoli
Question #14 • How is the ERV determined?
Answer • It is the measure of the remainder of the exhaled air in your lungs.
Question #15 • How is most of the carbon dioxide in your blood carried?
Answer • As bicarbonate- HCO3
Question #16 • A condition in which there are damaged alveoli is called _____________
Answer • emphysema
Question #17 • A bacterial infection which grows colonies in the lungs and can take 12 months to recuperate from is called__________.
Answer • tuberculosis
Question #18 • What is the name of the flap of tissue that prevents food from going down your trachea?
Question #19 • What is the chemical found in cigarettes that smokers are addicted to?
Question #20 • The toxic brew of chemicals found in cigarettes is called _________.
Answer • tar
Question #21 • What line of defense is paralyzed when it comes in contact with cigarette smoke?
Answer • cilia
Question #22 • What percent of lung cancer patients were smokers?
Answer • 90%
Question #23 • Why do smokers have an increased chance of heart attacks?
Answer • Their heart has to work harder to circulate oxygen to the cells due to lower oxygen levels in their circulatory system.
Question #25 • What is meant by a carcinogen?
Answer • It is any substance that is cancer causing to humans.