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Respiratory System

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Respiratory System

Question 1:

What is the correct order for the bronchial tree?

	bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
	bronchi,trachea, alveoli
	trachea, lungs, alveoli
	trachea, bronchi, alveoli

Question 2:

What is the name of the membrane which surrounds and protects the lungs?

	Bronchial membrane
	tracheal membrane
	cell membrane
	Pleural membrane

Question 3:

What is the other structure that protects the lungs?

	heart
	rib cage
	spine
	liver

Question 4:

Name the respiratory muscles

	intercostals, pectoral
	lungs, diaphragm
	abdominal, intercostals
	diaphragm, intercostals

Question 5:

Which gases are exchanged during respiration?

	O2, N2
	H2, CO2
	O2, H2O
	O2, CO2

Question 6:

What happens to the rib cage during inspiration?

	Moves upwards and outwards
	Moves upwards in a straight line
	Remains in the same position
	Moves downwards and outwards

Question 7:

What happens to the diaphragm during expiration?

	Contracts and flattens
	Contracts and becomes dome shaped
	Remains the same shape
	Relaxes back to its dome shape

Question 8:

What is the name of the process by which gaseous exchange occurs at the AC membrane?

	Diffusion
	Osmosis
	Contraction
	Division

Question 9:

What is the Tidal Volume?

	Vol of air moving in and out of the lungs during a normal breathe
	Volume of air that can be forced out of the lungs in one second
	Volume of air remaining in the lungs after a forced expiration
	Sum of all the lung volumes

Question 10:

What is the residual volume?

	Vol of gas which remains in the lungs after a forced expiration
	Vol of air exhaled during a normal expiration
	Vol of air moving in and out of the lungs during a normal breathe
	Vol of air that can be held in the lungs

Question 11:

How would you calculate Vital Capacity?

	IRV+ERV+TV
	IRV+TV+RV
	ERV-IRV
	IRV+TV+TLC

Question 12:

Which part of the brain controls respiration?

	Cardiac Centre
	Vasomotor Centre
	Respiratory Centre
	Cerebellum

Question 13:

Which of the following is NOT part of the respiratory centre?

	Apneustic Area
	Pneumotaxic Area
	Vasomotor centre
	Medullary Rhythmicity Area

Question 14:

Which area of the Respiratory Centre controls the frequency of breathing?

	Pneumotaxic Area
	Medullary Rhythmicity Area
	Apneustic Area
	Vasomotor Centre

Question 15:

Which of the following receptors are NOT involved in the regulation of respiration?

	hormonal
	chemoreceptors
	baroreceptors
	stretch receptors

This Quiz has been designed by Lianne Cole.