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The Respiratory Test Review
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Question #1 Why do you need oxygen?
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Answer Oxygen is needed in cellular respiration to break down glucose into a useful form of energy called ATP.
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Question #2 What part of the brain regulates the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide needed in the blood stream?
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Answer The medulla oblongata
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Question #3 Name one part of the line defense of the lungs.
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Answer mucus macrophages
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Question #4 Is the air pressure higher or lower during inhalation?
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Answer lower
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Question #5 What is Tidal Volume?
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Answer The volume of air during a normal breath.
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Question #6 What happens to the diaphragm during inhalation?
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Answer It lowers (contracts)
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Question #7 Name the instrument used to measure the volume of your lungs.
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Answer The spirometer
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Question #8 What is the name of the substance that prevents your alveoli walls from sticking together.
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Answer surfactant
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Question #9 Which part of the respiratory system traps the most debris?
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Answer The nose
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Question #10 If you had laryngitis what would be the major symptom?
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Answer Loss of your voice
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Question #11 What keeps your trachea from collapsing?
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Answer Rings of cartilage
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Question #12 The branches of the bronchi eventually become ___________.
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Answer bronchioles
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Question #13 What are the smallest, elastic, microscopic parts of the lungs called?
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Answer Alveoli
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Question #14 How is the ERV determined?
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Answer It is the measure of the remainder of the exhaled air in your lungs.
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Question #15 How is most of the carbon dioxide in your blood carried?
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Answer As bicarbonate- HCO3
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Question #16 A condition in which there are damaged alveoli is called _____________
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Answer emphysema
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Question #17 A bacterial infection which grows colonies in the lungs and can take 12 months to recuperate from is called__________.
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Answer tuberculosis
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Question #18 What is the name of the flap of tissue that prevents food from going down your trachea?
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epiglottis
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Question #19 What is the chemical found in cigarettes that smokers are addicted to?
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nicotine
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Question #20 The toxic brew of chemicals found in cigarettes is called _________.
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Answer tar
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Question #21 What line of defense is paralyzed when it comes in contact with cigarette smoke?
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Answer cilia
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Question #22 What percent of lung cancer patients were smokers?
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Answer 90%
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Question #23 Why do smokers have an increased chance of heart attacks?
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Answer Their heart has to work harder to circulate oxygen to the cells due to lower oxygen levels in their circulatory system.
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Question #25 What is meant by a carcinogen?
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Answer It is any substance that is cancer causing to humans.
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