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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where in the respiratory system does gaseous exchange take place?
Alveoli
Trachea
Bronchioles
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following contracts to cause inhalation of breath?
Lung
Diaphragm
Bronchus
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where would you find the intercostal muscle?
Below the diaphragm
In the lung
Between the ribs
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which microscopic blood vessels surrounds the alveoli?
Veins
Arteries
Capillaries
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these gases can the protein haemoglobin carry?
Ammonia and methane
Nitrogen and hydrogen sulphide
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which term is used to describe the movement of gases from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
Contraction
Diffusion
Evaporation
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which lung volume can be defined as "the amount of air breathed in with each normal breath"?
Minute ventilation
Residual volume
Tidal volume
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which gas is produced by the muscles during exercise as a waste product that needs to be transported and removed?
Oxygen
Lactic acid
Carbon dioxide
- 9. Multiple Choice
For the average adult, what measurement would we expect for resting minute ventilation?
1-2 litres
6.5-7.5 litres
10-12 litres
- 10. Multiple Choice
During the first ten minute of a hockey match what would you expect to the tidal volume of a midfielder to do?
Remain contstant
Decrease
Increase
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the role of the respiratory system?
Add CO2
Add CO2 and remove O2
Remove O2
Add O2 and remove CO2
- 12. Multiple Choice
Air arriving in the alveoli has a...
Higher concentration of Carbon dioxide and a lower concentration of Oxygen
Hight concentration of Oxygen and a lower concentration of Carbon dioxide
- 13. Multiple Choice
Blood arriving in the capillaries from the body has a...
Higher concentration of Carbon dioxide and a lower concentration of Oxygen
Higher concentration of Oxygen and a lower concentration of Carbon dioxide
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is gaseous exchange?
The movement of O2 and CO2 between the bronchi and bronchioles
The movement of O2 and CO2 between the heart and lungs
The movement of O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and bloodstream
The movement of O2 and CO2 between the nasal cavity and trachea
- 15. Multiple Choice
The pathway of air after inhalation through the nasal / oral cavity is...
Trachea - Bronchus - Bronchioles - Capillaries
Trachea - Alveoli - Bronchioles - Bronchus
Bronchus - Trachea - Alveoli - Capillaries
Trachea - Bronchus - Bronchioles - Alveoli
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