Test- Respiratory and Excretory System

Question 1

5 Tiny filtering structures where urine is produced in the kidneys are called?

Answer 1

nephrons

Question 2

15 During gas exchange, which substance moves from the alveoli into the blood?

Answer 2

oxygen

Question 3

16 What word best decribes the function of the nephrons

Answer 3

filter

Question 4

26 When the diaphragm contracts, air pressure in the chest….

Answer 4

decreases

Question 5

30 During the reabsorbing process in the nephron…….is normally left in the nephron to be excreted out

Answer 5

excess water or urea

Question 6

35 The……or windpipe, leads from the pharynx toward the lungs

Answer 6

trachea

Question 7

43 What is urea? In which structure is it removed from the blood?

Answer 7

Urea is a waste material that comes from the breakdown of proteins. It is removed from the blood by the kidneys

Question 8

44 What would happen if your larynx was infected or damaged?

Answer 8

You would have trouble speaking

Question 9

47 What does the trachea do?

Answer 9

Provides a passageway for air to flow to the lungs

Question 10

48 What is the function of the epiglottis?

Answer 10

The epiglottis closes of the trachea when a person swallows