Circulatory and Respiratory System

Name that structure

100

This is the main organ in the respiratory system?

What is the lung?

200

This item looks like a bundle of grapes wrapped in netting?

What is the alveoli.

300

Which is not a part of the circulatory system?

A.  blood vessels

B.  heart

C. lungs

D. blood

What is C. lungs

400

The structure that prevents the passage of food from the pharynx into the lungs?

What is the epiglottis?

500

A blood vessel is considered a _________ which is made of _________ which is made of __________.

A. organ, cell, tissue

B. cell, tissue, organ

C. organ, tissue, cell

What is C. organ, tissue, cell

How does it work?

100

Why does blood appear bright red?

What is As oxygen is present in higher amounts (in red blood cells), the blood appears more bright red.

200

All of the following help the respiratory system to complete its job EXCEPT . . .

A Digestive System

B Circulatory System

C  Muscular System

D  Nervous System

What is A Digestive System

300

What two systems work together to make sure all cells in your body have oxygen to create energy?

What is the circulatory and respiratory systems?

400

The lung inflates and deflates as this muscle underneath it contracts and relaxes.

What is the diaphragm?

500

How is it possible that food can come out of your nose?

What is the nose, mouth and esophagus connect through the pharynx so food can come back up into the nose or mouth?

Where does that happen?

100

Where air is filtered, warmed and moistened?

What is the nose?

200

The structure where gas exchange occurs?

What is the alveoli?

300

What carries blood away from the heart?

What is an artery?

400

Air is forced into the lungs by the contraction of a dome shaped muscle called the 

a. alveoli b. bronchi c. diaphragm d. heart

What is c. diaphragm?

500

Oxygen passes from alveoli into the __________ that are wrapped around them?

What is capillaries?

Fun Questions

100

The right lung is slightly larger than the left or the left lung is slightly larger than the right?

What is the right lung is slightly larger than the left. The heart takes up space on the left.

200

The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a. a piece of notebook paper b. tennis court. c. NFL football field

What is b. tennis court?

300

A person at rest usually has a heartbeat between

a. 60-100 times a minute

b. 30-50 times a minute  

c.  12 to 15 times a minute. 

What is a. 60-100 times a minute 

400

The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is a. 50 mph b. 80 mph c. 102 mph

What is c. 102 mph?

500

True or False: We lose half a liter of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapor we see when we breathe onto glass.

What is true?

Straight from the quiz

100

What is the basic function of the human respiratory system?

What is to exhange gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)?

200

Which is the correct path of deoxygenated (low oxygen) blood in the circulatory system starting at the HEART?

A. heart to body to heart to lung

B. lung to body to lung to heart

C. body to lung to lung to heart

D. heart to lung to heart to body

What is 

D.  Heat to lung to heart to body

300

Inhaled air passes from the trachea to one of the two a.alveoli b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. larynx

What is b. bronchi?

400

Why is it better to inhale through your nose than through your mouth?

What is because air is filtered in the nose through the cilia hairs and mucous?

500

List in order the structures of the respiratory system through which air passes from the outside environment to the alveoli

What is nose/mouth -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea -> bronchi -> bronchioles -> alveoli