Exam 10: Respiratory System

Which of the following is not part of the upper respiratory tract?

Can you hold your breath until you die?

The respiratory system is unlike the digestive system in that air flows into and out of the same opening.

What diffuses from the air in the alveoli into the blood?

Carotid bodies and aortic bodies detect

Which part of the respiratory system is composed of skeletal muscle?

Carbonic anhydrase and carbaminohemoglobin are similar in that they are both enzymes involved in respiration.

List the structures associated with the upper respiratory tract and those associated with the lower respiratory tract.

How does the respiratory center control the diaphragm?

Humans inhale by negative pressure.

What is missing from the lungs of newborn babies with infant respiratory distress syndrome?

Where in the lower respiratory tract would you find goblet cells?

When you breathe into a paper bag after hyperventilating, you are decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide in your blood.

Lung cancer, like breast cancer, is more prevalent in women than in men.

What separates the lungs from the thoracic cavity?

Which of the following is not a part of inspiration?

How does breathing at a very low rate affect the reaction H⁺ + HCO₃^- →H₂CO₃→ H₂O + CO₂?

The total cross-sectional area of the alveoli is about the size of a textbook.

Which part of the lower respiratory tract integrates the respiratory system with the cardiovascular system?

You cannot increase the amount of air you exhale.