Which of the following terms is used to describe the amount of air in a normal inhalation or exhalation?
a. perfusion
b. tidal volume
c. ventilation
d. residual volume correct answers b. tidal volume
tidal volume is the amount of air in a normal inhalation and exhalation
Which of the f...
Which of the following terms is used to describe the amount of air in a
normal inhalation
or
exhalation?
a.
perfusion
b. tidal
volume
c.
d. residual volume correct answers b. tidal
ventilation
volume
tidal volume is the amount of air in a normal inhalation and
exhalation
Which of the following blood vessels carries deoxygenated blood from the
heart
lungs to the
?
a. pulmonary
vein
b. pulmonary
artery
c.
aorta
d. vena cava correct answers b pulmonary
artery
the pulmonary artery is part of pulmonary
circulation
the the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the right
ventricle,
the divides
left and to
right pulmonary arteries, and delivers deoxygenated blood to
the left and
right
lung
In which of the following actions is the autonomic nervous system
engaged?
a. lifting
weights
b. holding your
breath
c.
walking
d. digestion correct answers d.
digestion
digestion is an involuntary action that the autonomic nervous
system controls
During inhalation, where would you expect to find a higher concentration
of oxygen?
a. in the
capillaries
b. in the alveolar air
space
c. in the pulmonary
artery
d. In the heart correct answers b. in the alveolar
air space
during inhalation, the lungs fill with oxygenated air from the environment.
tHereforeair
alveolar the
space will have the higher concentration
of oxygen
, Where does blood flow next after being oxygenated in
the lungs?
a. pulmonary
artery
b. pulmonary
vein
c. inferior vena
d. aorta correct answers b. pulmonary
cava
veins
pulmonary veins carries blood back from the lungs, because the blood
recently
the lungs,visited
it is now
oxygenated
Which of the following is the name of the structure that releases an enzyme
that breaks
down starch in the
stomach?
a. salivary
gland
b,
pancreas
c.
liver
d. gallbladder correct answers a salivary
gland
the salivary glands secrete amylase, an enzyme that breaks
down starch
Which type of tissue would you find in the
heart?
a. skeletal
b. non-striated
muscles
muscle
c. smooth
muscles
d. cardiac muscles correct answers d. cardiac
muscles
the term "cardiac" refers to the
heart.
The heart is made up muscle and connective
The muscle found in the heart is known as "cardiac muscle" and contracts
tissue.
involuntary.
When it contracts, it pushes blood throughout
the body
According to the graph, which of the following identifies when fertilization is
most likely?
a. between day 0
to after
b. 7 luteinizing hormone (LH) levels peak and begin
to before
c. decline
ovulation
d. when estrogen levels are hightest correct answers b. after luteinizing
hormone
levels peak(LH)to begin to
decline
luteinizing hormone (LH) levels peak right before ovulation, or the release
of a mature
egg. After ovulation, LH levels begin to decline. Because ovulation happens
an egg
be in thewill
fallopian tubes and able to be
fertilized.
What is the name for the hormone responsible for male secondary sex
characteristics?
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