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Question 1 of 32
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The act of moving the air in and out of the lungs is referred to as which of the following?
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A. Pulmonary ventilation (Right Answer)
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B. Respiration (Wrong Answer)
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C. Intrapleural pressure
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D. Atmospheric pressure
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E. None of the above
Feedback: The movement of air in and out of the lungs is called pulmonary ventilation while the
exchange of gases such as oxygen and CO2 occurs by way of the process called respiration.
Question 2 of 32
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Which statement is correct regarding internal or external respiration?
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A. Internal respiration occurs in the alveoli
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B. Internal respiration occurs in the body’s tissues (Right Answer)
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C. External respiration occurs in the body’s tissues
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D. External respiration involves the exchange of gases with the internal environment
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E. None of the statements are correct
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Question 3 of 32
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At a birthday party, a teen decides to inhale some of the helium from a nearby balloon using
his mouth. Before the helium gas reaches his right and left lungs, through which order of
structures will it flow?
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A. Oral cavity to the right and left main bronchi to the trachea to the oropharynx
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B. Oral cavity to the oropharynx to the trachea to the right and left main bronchi (Right
Answer)
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C. Oral cavity to the trachea to the larynx to the right and left main bronchi
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D. Oral cavity to the nasopharynx to the trachea to the right and left main bronchi
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E. Oral cavity to the trachea to the trachea to the nasopharynx to the right and left main
bronchi
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Question 4 of 32
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Which of the following are ways CO2 is transported in the blood?
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A. As bicarbonate (HCO3–)
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B. As dissolved C02 in plasma
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C. As carbaminohemoglobin
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D. All of the above (Right Answer)
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E. None of the above
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Question 5 of 32
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What would happen if the body allowed us to exhale all of the air out of our lungs?
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A. Nothing, we could easily fill them up when we inhaled again
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B. The alveoli would collapse (Right Answer)
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C. The trachea would collapse