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Biology - Anatomy

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What is the process by which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and body cells called?

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How is respiration different from cellular respiration?

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What is the movement of air in and out of the lungs called?

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What is the exchange of gases between the lungs and blood known as?

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What is the exchange of gases between the cells of the body and the blood called?

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What is the difference between ventilation and respiration?

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Which of the following lists the correct order of the bronchiole tree divisions?

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What is the voice box, which serves as a passageway for air moving from the pharynx to the trachea and contains vocal cords, called?

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What is the throat, a passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx, known as?

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What is the hollow space behind the nose called?

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What structure allows air to pass to and from the lungs?

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What are cough receptors located at the point where the trachea divides called?

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What are the tubes called that the trachea divides into, which branch smaller into the lungs?

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Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system?

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What is the function of cilia in the respiratory system?

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What is the function of the Adam's apple?

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What are the functions of the nasal cavity?

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Why should you breathe through your nose?

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What are the functions of the sinuses?

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What are the types of sinuses?

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What are the major events of inspiration?

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What are the major events of expiration?

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Summarize the steps of inspiration and expiration.

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What is the volume moved in and out of the lungs during a respiratory cycle called?

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How many mL is a tidal volume?

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What is the total volume of air that the lungs can hold called?

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How many mL is a total lung capacity?

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What is the maximum volume of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation called?

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How many mL is a vital capacity?

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What is the air that always remains in your lungs at all times called?

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How many mL is a residual capacity?

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What is the volume that can be exhaled during forced breathing in addition to tidal volume called?

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How many mL is an expiratory reserve volume?

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How is total lung capacity calculated?

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What is the control of breathing described as?

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What are the inspiratory and expiratory neurons located in?

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What is the apneustic pneumotaxic center located in?

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What are the groups of neurons in the brainstem that control breathing called?

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On what do impulses travel to cause inspiration and expiration?

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What does it mean to breathe more heavily and faster than normal?

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What happens when there is a build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood?

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What happens physiologically to your body when you climb to high altitudes?

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What is the condition called when there is water build-up in your lungs?

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What are the symptoms of acute mountain sickness?

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What is a surfactant?

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What is the role of surfactant in the lungs?

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What are some life span changes in the respiratory system?

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What is the difference between acclimation and adaptation?

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In what forms is CO2 transported throughout the body?

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What is hemoglobin bound to oxygen called?

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About what percentage of the O2 remains bound to hemoglobin in the blood?

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What is hemoglobin?

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What is the summary of the Tibetan Case Study regarding high altitude adaptation?

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What factors affect breathing?

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Why do we require oxygen?

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