Respiratory System Reading Questions

Question 1

How are particles of foreign matter expelled from the respiratory system?

Answer 1

The cilia move it to places where we can expel it by coughing.

Question 2

Why is diffusion possible between the wall of a capillary and the wall of an alveolus?

Answer 2

These walls are only one cell thick.

Question 3

When is carbon dioxide removed from the body?

Answer 3

Exhalation/Breathing out

Question 4

What structure is signaled by blood chemistry to control breathing?

Answer 4

The Medulla Oblongata

Question 5

What is the path that an oxygen molecule takes as it move from outside air into a blood vessel?

Answer 5

-Nose/mouth
-Pharynx
-Larynx
-Trachea
-Bronchi
-Bronchioles
-Alveolus
-Capillary

Question 6

What is the process of which carbon dioxide leaves the body?

Answer 6

CO2 is a waste product of cellular respiration, where it then diffuses to the lungs and is removed through exhalation.