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Date _________________________
Apologia Human Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 6 Test
1. What are the three main parts of the respiratory system?
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2. Is breathing voluntary or involuntary?
3. Which is closest to the number of alveoli your body has?
a) 10 million
b) 100 million
c) 60 million
d) 600 million
4. Where are your vocal cords located?
a) trachea
b) larynx
c) pharynx
d) conchae
5. The amount of water vapor in the air is called _____________________________.
6. What is the job of the conchae?
7. What are colds caused by?
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Apologia Human Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 6 Test
8. Name three things in the air that are filtered out because they just aren't good for our
bodies:
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9. Women usually have ________________________ vocal cords than men.
10. What do you do when your nasal passage gets irritated?
11. Which of the following parts of the pharynx is the part closest to the nose?
a) laryngopharynx
b) nasopharynx
c) oropharynx
12. A disease that makes it very hard to breath because bronchiole tissues swell is called:
a) bronchiolitis
b) bronchitis
c) asthma
d) emphysema
13. What muscle helps you breathe?
14. What is the addictive chemical in cigarettes called?
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Apologia Human Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 6 Test
15. Put the following tubes in order of thickness from greatest to smallest:
bronchi
thickest
alveolar ducts
trachea
bronchioles
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thinnest
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16. How can you increase your total lung capacity?
17. "Whips" that move mucus towards you mouth are called _____________________.
18. It is better to breathe in through your ___________________________ than through
your __________________________.
19. Oxygen makes up about what percent of the air you breathe in:
a) 8%
b) 21%
c) 78%
d) 100%
20. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver on someone.
(teacher)
Satisfactory?
For what emergency is this used for?
__________ yes
___________no
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Apologia Human Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 6 Test
Label the numbered items from the included diagram of the respiratory system:
21. _________________________________________
22. _________________________________________
23. _________________________________________
24. _________________________________________
25. _________________________________________
Write true or false for each of these statements.
__________ 26. The word part "itis" means painful.
__________ 27. Mucous membranes are only in your nose.
__________ 28. The air coming out of your nose when you sneeze travels at about
50mph.
__________ 29. Most people have a total lung capacity of 2 to 3 liters of air.
__________ 30. Carbon monoxide is the main waste product of respiration.
__________ 31. The right lung is smaller than the left lung.
__________ 32. Breathing in is known as inspiration.
**Bonus:
What are the different sections of the lungs called?
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