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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the main function of the respiratory system?
to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
o break down food and absorb nutrients
to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are the main organs of the respiratory system that allow us to breathe and for gas exchange to happen?
diapragm
lungs
trachea
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is function of the dome-shaped diaphragm muscle?
This is where gas exchange happens.
Air passes through the diaphragm on the way to the lungs.
It attaches to the lungs and contracts and relaxes to help in breathing.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhen you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___.air/oxygenoxygen/carbon dioxidecarbon dioxide/wastewaste/air
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the function of the bronchi?Transport air from nose to lungsTransport air from trachea to lungsTransport air from lungs to alveoliTransport air from alveoli to blood
- 6. Multiple Choice
These are the two two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)
bronchi
alveoli
capillaries
bronchioles
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes placebronchilungsoxygenalveoli
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWithin the lungs, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs between the ___ and the capillaries.tracheabronchialveolidiaphragm
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is tube that is also known as your wind pipe?esophogusbronchitracheaalveoli
- 10. Multiple Choice
Flap of tissue that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing
Pharynx
Trachea
Epiglottis
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of cells carry oxygen in the blood?
red blood cells
white blood cells
- 12. Multiple Choice
The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen and get rid of CO2 (carbon dioxide).
respiratory
digestive
muscular
skeletal
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe circulatory system works with the __________ system to obtain energy from nutrients that we eat.respiratorydigestiveskeletalnervous
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