Anatomy Respiratory System Quiz
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When surfactant in the alveolar fluid is missing or reduced, what malady results?
A. Collapsed lung
B. respiratory distress sryndrome
C. Distressed lung
D. collapsed lung syndrome
Maximum volume of air contained in lungs after a forceful inhalation
A. tidal volume
B. functional residual capacity
C. total lung capacity
D. residual volume
What is the general term that refers to the infection of lungs?
A. Infected lungs
B. Ammonia
C. Pneumonia
D. Bronchitis
The case in which lungs inflate
A. total lung capacity
B. residual volume
C. compliance
D. aspirate
As air is exhaled, which structures are encountered first?
A. Vocal fold
B. Vestibular Folds
Volume of air inhaled or exhaled during normal, quiet breathing
A. tidal volume
B. functional residual capacity
C. total lung capacity
D. residual volume
The process of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange between cells and blood.
A. Internal Respiration
B. External Respiration
C. Aspirate
D. Ventilation
A molecule with a hydrophilic end and a hydrophobic end
A. Surfactant
B. Aspirate
C. Compliance
D. Total lung capacity
A person inhales forcefully, what is the pressure in the lungs as compared to the atmospheric pressure during this forceful inspiration?
A. It loosens
B. It stays consistent
C. The pressure tightens
D. The pressure gets warmer
When in a healthy person’s life is lung compliance at its lowest?
A. When the lungs are first formed
B. At birth
C. Their last breaths
D. Their toddler years
Air in the pleural cavity, which leads to collapsed lung.
A. Compliance
B. Functional residual capacity
C. Total lung capacity
D. Pneumothorax
Volume of air left in lungs after a normal exhalation
A. tidal volume
B. functional residual capacity
C. total lung capacity
D. residual volume
What happens when there is negative pleural pressure in the lungs?
A. Collapsed lung
B. respiratory distress syndrome
C. collapsed lung syndrome
D. respiratory lung syndrome
What is the relative size of the thoracic cavity during a forceful inhalation?
A. Large
B. Small
C. Medium
D. Extra biggie size
Volume of air left in lungs after a forceful exhalation
A. tidal volume
B. functional residual capacity
C. total lung capacity
D. residual volume
