Exam 15: The Respiratory System

The palatine tonsils are ____________________ tissue and are on the lateral walls of the ____________________.

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

The general cause of respiratory alkalosis is a(n)____________________ in breathing rate that results in ____________________ CO₂ in the body.

During inhalation,intrapulmonic pressure ____________________ and air moves ____________________ the lungs.

Coming from the middle ear cavities,the ____________________ open into the nasopharynx.

The air pressure outside the body is called ____________________ pressure

The serous membrane that lines the chest cavity is the:

The trachea is ____ to the esophagus and ____ to the larynx.

The cause of respiratory acidosis is:

Respiratory alkalosis would be most likely with a breathing rate of ____ per minute.

An elevated blood CO₂ level is a stimulus for the breathing rate to ____________________ in order to ____________________.

The strongest stimulus to increase the breathing rate is a higher level of ____________________ in the blood because this will ____________________ the pH of the blood.

The chemoreceptors that detect a decrease in the blood oxygen level are located in the ____________________ and the ____________________.

In internal respiration,oxygen diffuses from the:

The function of the apneustic center is to ____________________.

Mucus and pathogens are swept out of the larynx and trachea by: