Exam 15: The Respiratory System

The pulmonary capillaries are made of simple squamous epithelium, which is:

If carbon dioxide accumulates in body fluids, the pH of the fluid will:

During swallowing, the nasopharynx is covered by the:

The diaphragm ____________________ during inhalation and moves ____________________.

The tissue that keeps the larynx and trachea open is ____________________.

The carotid and aortic bodies contain ____________________ that detect decreases in the blood ____________________ level.

Which statement is NOT true of the larynx?

Which of the following statements are true of the nervous regulation of respiration? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

During breathing, the pleural membranes are kept together by the presence of ____________________.

A patient with severe emphysema will also be in a pH state of respiratory ____________________.

For most people, the speech areas are in the ____________________ of the cerebrum.

The alveoli are made of simple squamous epithelium, which:

The nerve impulses that stimulate contraction of the respiratory muscles come from the ____________________ center in the ____________________.

The tissue of which the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries are made is:

In internal respiration, oxygen diffuses from the:

During breathing, friction between the pleural membranes is reduced by ____________________.

In external respiration, oxygen diffuses from the:

Which statement is NOT true of the transport of gases in the blood?

The internal intercostal muscles are important for a:

Normal exhalation is a passive process and depends on the ____________________ tissue of the lungs.