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Jeopardy The Nose Knows Lungs Breathing Blood Tubes Misc. 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

The air sacs of the lungs are called?

alveoli A 100

The large passageways leading into each lung are called?

Bronchi A 200

“Dust cells” that wander in and out of the alveoli, picking up bacteria, carbon particles, and other debris are ? A 300

macrophages A 300

The serous membrane covering the surface of the lungs is called the?

Visceral Pleura A 400

The central area between the two lungs that houses the heart, great blood vessels, bronchi, and esophagus is called the? A 500

Mediastinum A 500

The most important stimulus for breathing in a healthy person is the body’s need to rid itself of ______ in the blood. B 100

carbon dioxide B 100

A mechanism that clears the upper respiratory passages by exiting through the nasal cavity is called? B 200

a sneeze B 200

Normal quiet breathing moves about _____ mL of air into and out of the lungs with each breath.

500 mL B 300

The respiratory movement representing the total amount of exchangeable air is the?

Vital Capacity B 400

Air moving in and out of the lungs is called? B 500

Pulmonary ventilation B 500

What is another name for nostrils? C 100

Nares C 100

Air from the nasal cavity enters the superior portion of the pharynx called the?

nasopharynx C 200

Give one of the functions of the paranasal sinuses.

They act as resonance chambers for speech They lighten the skull They act as resonance chambers for speech They produce mucus C 300

DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

The nasal cavity is separated from the oral cavity by?

the hard and soft palate C 400

What is present inside the nasal cavity that traps and filters out unwanted bacteria and debris?

mucus C 500

What term refers to an inadequate blood flow to a part of the body?

Ischemia D 100

Which term refers to the deprivation of an adequate oxygen supply?

Hypoxia D 200

The lipid molecule that prevents lung collapse in each alveolar sac is called?

Surfactant D 300

The oxygen transporting molecule in the blood is called?

hemoglobin D 400

Exchange of both oxygen and carbon dioxide through the respiratory membrane occurs by what mechanism? D 500

diffusion D 500

The opening between the vocal chords is called the ?

glottis E 100

The throat is also known as the ?

Pharynx E 200

The mucosa-lined windpipe that extends from the larynx to the 5th thoracic vertebra is called?

Trachea E 300

The C-shaped rings that reinforce the trachea are constructed of _____ cartilage.

Hyaline Cartilage E 400

The flap of elastic cartilage that protects the opening of the larynx is called?

Epiglottis E 500

Following the removal of the larynx, a person would be unable to do what?

speak F 100

Which structures in the trachea beat continually and propel contaminated mucus up and out of the airways? F 200

cilia F 200

When oxygen enters the respiratory system, what is the next structure after the trachea that air passes through? F 300

bronchi F 300

The walls of the alveoli are composed largely of which kind of tissue?

simple squamous epithelium F 400

When we inhale, our lung volume ____ (↓↑) and our lung pressure ____ (↓↑). F 500

Lung volume ↑, and lung pressure ↓. F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Breathing Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Name the muscles that contract so we can inspire air? Click on screen to continue

Intercostals and the Diaphragm Click on screen to continue

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