Exam 15: Respiratory System

What is the form in which most of the carbon dioxide is transported?

The trachea branches to form air passages called the

What is the term for the bony ridges that project medially from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?

Unloading of oxygen is favored when there is _____ carbon dioxide and _____ pH.

All of the following are part of the upper respiratory tract EXCEPT

What is the form in which 97% of the oxygen is transported?

Vital capacity equals

Active transport accounts for the exchange of air between the lungs and the blood.

Functions of the epithelium in the nasal cavity include all of the following EXCEPT

About 70% of the carbon dioxide is transported

All of the following are mechanisms of carbon dioxide transport in the blood EXCEPT

The collapse of alveoli during expiration is prevented by the

The mucous membrane that lines the trachea has

The largest cartilage of the larynx,commonly called the Adam's apple,is the

More oxygen combines with hemoglobin when there is _____ carbon dioxide,_____ pH,and _____ temperature

Generally speaking,lung volume is _____ in women than in men and _____ in slender people than in obese people.

Cigarette smoke and other air pollutants inhibit the _____ the trachea.

Increased carbon dioxide concentration favors oxygen unloading.

All of the following influence the direction of the reactions involved in the transport of carbon dioxide EXCEPT

The right lung is shorter and wider than the left lung and has three lobes.