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Respiratory System Review: Understanding Oxygen, Lung Health, and More

Learn about the importance of oxygen, lung defense mechanisms, respiratory disorders, and the effects of smoking on lung health in this respiratory test review. Understand key concepts such as alveoli, bronchioles, and the impact of cigarette smoke.

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Respiratory System Review: Understanding Oxygen, Lung Health, and More

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  1. The Respiratory Test Review

  2. Question #1 • Why do you need oxygen?

  3. Answer • Oxygen is needed in cellular respiration to break down glucose into a useful form of energy called ATP.

  4. Question #2 • What part of the brain regulates the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide needed in the blood stream?

  5. Answer • The medulla oblongata

  6. Question #3 • Name one part of the line defense of the lungs.

  7. Answer • mucus • macrophages

  8. Question #4 • Is the air pressure higher or lower during inhalation?

  9. Answer • lower

  10. Question #5 • What is Tidal Volume?

  11. Answer • The volume of air during a normal breath.

  12. Question #6 • What happens to the diaphragm during inhalation?

  13. Answer • It lowers (contracts)

  14. Question #7 • Name the instrument used to measure the volume of your lungs.

  15. Answer • The spirometer

  16. Question #8 • What is the name of the substance that prevents your alveoli walls from sticking together.

  17. Answer • surfactant

  18. Question #9 • Which part of the respiratory system traps the most debris?

  19. Answer • The nose

  20. Question #10 • If you had laryngitis what would be the major symptom?

  21. Answer • Loss of your voice

  22. Question #11 • What keeps your trachea from collapsing?

  23. Answer • Rings of cartilage

  24. Question #12 • The branches of the bronchi eventually become ___________.

  25. Answer • bronchioles

  26. Question #13 • What are the smallest, elastic, microscopic parts of the lungs called?

  27. Answer • Alveoli

  28. Question #14 • How is the ERV determined?

  29. Answer • It is the measure of the remainder of the exhaled air in your lungs.

  30. Question #15 • How is most of the carbon dioxide in your blood carried?

  31. Answer • As bicarbonate- HCO3

  32. Question #16 • A condition in which there are damaged alveoli is called _____________

  33. Answer • emphysema

  34. Question #17 • A bacterial infection which grows colonies in the lungs and can take 12 months to recuperate from is called__________.

  35. Answer • tuberculosis

  36. Question #18 • What is the name of the flap of tissue that prevents food from going down your trachea?

  37. epiglottis

  38. Question #19 • What is the chemical found in cigarettes that smokers are addicted to?

  39. nicotine

  40. Question #20 • The toxic brew of chemicals found in cigarettes is called _________.

  41. Answer • tar

  42. Question #21 • What line of defense is paralyzed when it comes in contact with cigarette smoke?

  43. Answer • cilia

  44. Question #22 • What percent of lung cancer patients were smokers?

  45. Answer • 90%

  46. Question #23 • Why do smokers have an increased chance of heart attacks?

  47. Answer • Their heart has to work harder to circulate oxygen to the cells due to lower oxygen levels in their circulatory system.

  48. Question #25 • What is meant by a carcinogen?

  49. Answer • It is any substance that is cancer causing to humans.

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