Rest of Past Quizzes
Quick you have 10 seconds to tell me what U.S. state is only one syllable long.
Maine
What is the first phase of breathing, this is when air is taken into the lungs?
Inspiration
What do you call the second phase of breathing? This is where air flows back out of the lungs?
Expiration
What is the average DBP in a healthy adult?
80 mm Hg
What do you call a molecule with detergent-like properties that aids in reducing surface tension of the alveolar fluid?
Surfactant
What do you call the amount of air in one breath?
Tidal Volume
What is the large sheet of skeletal muscle that separates the chest and abdominal cavities?
Diaphragm
What do you call the tiny sacs that pouch out from the walls of respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts, the smallest airways in the bronchial trees?
Alveoli
What do you call the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inspiration?
Vital Capacity
What do you call the gas exchange between capillaries and the body’s cells?
Internal respiration
What supplies oxygenated blood and nutrients to the lung tissue?
Bronchial Arteries
What is the name for the protein in the blood that carries oxygen efficiently?
Hemoglobin
What is the process by which cells obtain energy from nutrients like glucose?
Cellular respiration
What do you call the inflammation of the pleural membranes that often results in an infection?
Pleurisy
What coordinates the switch between inspiration and expiration?
Pneumotaxic Area