Chapter 12 & 15

Question 1

RBC

Answer 1

• Another name for RBC is: erythrocytes
• Produced in the red bone marrow
• Functions
  Carry O2

Question 2

WBC

Answer 2

• Another name is leukocytes
• produced in the red bone marrow and lymphatic tissue
  FUNCTIONS
  
  • To protect the body from infectious disease
  • Provide Immunity to certain diseases

Question 3

How does the air flow?

Answer 3

1. Nose 1. Mouth
2. Nasopharynx 2.Oropharynx
3. Laryngopharynx
4. Trachea
5. Bronchi
6. Bronchioles
7. Alveoli

Question 4

Platelets

Answer 4

Thrombocytes
- Produced in the red bone marrow
FUNCTIONS
- Help form blood clots to slow or stop bleeding
- Helps wounds heal

Question 5

Hemoglobin

Answer 5

FUNCTIONS
- Carry four oxygen molecules
- A protein for RBC

Question 6

Other name for Larynx

Answer 6

Voicebox

Question 7

How long is the Trachea?

Answer 7

4 - 5 inches long
(10 -13 cms)

Question 8

Diaphragm

Answer 8

FUNCTION
- Helps you inhale & exhale

Question 9

What’s the nerve of the diaphragm called?

Answer 9

Phrenic nerve

Question 10

Pneumothorax

Answer 10

a collapsed lung
- occurs when air gets inside your chest cavity and creates pressure against your lungs

Question 11

Surfactant

Answer 11

decreases surface tension
Permitting inflation of the alveoli

Question 12

Where do the brioches split?

Answer 12

in the lungs

Question 13

What’s the control center of the respiratory system?

Answer 13

Medulla Oblongata

Question 14

An average tidal volume

Answer 14

500mL

Question 15

Normal range of tidal volume

Answer 15

300- 755 mL

Question 16

How is O2 carried?

Answer 16

Dissolves or bounded by a hemoglobin

Question 17

Respiratory acidosis

Answer 17

• Occurs when the rate or efficiency of respiration decreases
  -Permitting CO2 to accumulate in body fluids
• a condition that occurs when your lungs can’t remove all of CO2 produced by your body

Question 18

Metabolic acidosis

Answer 18

• Build up of acid in the body due to kidney Diases