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The respiratory system divides functionally into a respiratory zone and a zone that is:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides carrying air, the conducting zone warms, humidifies and removes:Read the answer and worked solution →The muscular tube lined with mucous membrane behind the nasal cavity is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The region of the pharynx that serves only as an airway is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The region serving as a passageway for both air and food is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The cartilaginous structure connecting the pharynx to the trachea is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The flexible elastic cartilage covering the tracheal opening during swallowing is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The trachea is held open by C-shaped cartilage rings numbering roughly:Read the answer and worked solution →The trachea divides into the right and left primary bronchi at the:Read the answer and worked solution →Bronchioles are airways with a diameter of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The small grape-like sacs attached to alveolar ducts are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The alveolar wall is built from macrophages plus cell types numbering:Read the answer and worked solution →Squamous cells forming up to 97 percent of the alveolar surface are type:Read the answer and worked solution →Pulmonary surfactant reducing surface tension in the alveoli is secreted by type:Read the answer and worked solution →Without surfactant, water lining the alveoli would create surface tension that inhibits:Read the answer and worked solution →The dome-shaped muscle bordering the inferior surface of the lungs is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The serous membrane surrounding each lung is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Those membranes produce fluid and create cavities that separate the major:Read the answer and worked solution →The movement of air into and out of the lungs is called pulmonary:Read the answer and worked solution →Pulmonary ventilation depends on pressures numbering:Read the answer and worked solution →A child under one year of age normally breathes at a rate per minute between 30 and:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the airway partsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the lung volumesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the airway gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the lung wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Conducting or exchangeRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the lung wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Respiratory bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The respiratory system divides functionally into a respiratory zone and a zone that is:

  1. Conducting
  2. Connecting
  3. Concluding
  4. Contracting
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Correct answer: A. Conducting

1. One zone actually performs gas exchange. 2. The other simply carries air to and from it. 3. That carrying part is the conducting zone. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 22, The Respiratory System._

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Besides carrying air, the conducting zone warms, humidifies and removes:

  1. Dryness
  2. Debris
  3. Density
  4. Dosage
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Correct answer: B. Debris

1. Incoming air carries particles and pathogens. 2. They must be trapped before reaching the alveoli. 3. So the conducting zone removes debris. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 22, The Respiratory System._

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The muscular tube lined with mucous membrane behind the nasal cavity is the:

  1. Pharynx
  2. Phalanx
  3. Plexus
  4. Pylorus
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Correct answer: A. Pharynx

1. It continues on from the nasal cavities. 2. It is formed by skeletal muscle. 3. That tube is the pharynx. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 22, The Respiratory System._

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