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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.

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1. The right ______pumps the blood out of the heart through the pulmonary artery.

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2. Respiration has _______ major components

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An increase in thoracic volume due to diaphragm causes the intrathoracic pressure to be
______ less than atmospheric pressure.

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4. The _____ is a poor carrier of oxygen.

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5. About ______% of the blood flow to the lungs is through the bronchial arteries and veins.

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6. The ______artery carries deoxygenated blood

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7. The ______ intercostal run backwards and downwards

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8. The ______is very thin and this makes it easy for gases to diffuse across the membrane

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9. The ______ is secreted by the Type II alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs.

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An increase in ______ volume due to diaphragm causes the intrathoracic pressure to be 2 to 6
mmHg less than atmospheric pressure.

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When the increase in pressure is removed, the elastic properties of the _______ restore the
original volume.

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12. Venous blood from _______ of the body is returned to the right atrium of the heart.

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13. The cardiovascular system is a _____

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14. ______ is the volume of fresh air that enters the alveoli per minute

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15. The combination of two or more lung volumes is referred to as______

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16. Surfactant is a ______complex formed by lipids especially phospholipids, proteins and ions.

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17. The external intercostal run _____ and _______

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Blood from the pulmonary capillaries is returned to the left _______ of the heart through the
pulmonary vein.

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19. The _______ run backwards and downwards and pull the ribs backward and downward.

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20. The pulmonary surfactant is secreted by the Type II ______epithelial cells in the lungs.

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21. Residual Volume has a value of ______

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22. The pulmonary circulation is a ______ pressure circulation.

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23. Venous blood from tissues of the body is returned to the right _______of the heart

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24. The pulmonary ______carries deoxygenated blood

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25. Tidal volume has a value of _____

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The large surface area of the alveoli is matched by an even larger surface area presented by
the_______

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27. The diaphragm is capable of vertical excursion of 2.5cm to 10cm depending on the______

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When the ________in pressure is removed, the elastic properties of the tissue restore the
original volume.

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29. In the lungs, exchange of gases occurs only in the respiratory_______ and _______.

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30. ERV stands for_____

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31. _______ is the volume of air that can be forcefully inspired after a normal inspiration.

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When the increase in pressure is removed, the elastic properties of the tissue restore the
original_______.

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33. In the lungs, exchange of gases occurs only in the respiratory ______and the alveoli.

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34. The two groups of muscles are for _______and_______

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35. The red blood cells are ______micrometer

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36. Venous ________ from tissues of the body is returned to the right atrium of the heart.

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37. The pulmonary circulation is a ______circulation.

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38. Lung volumes are the volumes of _____ breathed by an individual.

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The pulmonary arterial trunk divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries and these
supply blood to the right and left_______

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40. When the ribs are pulled upward and forward, the AP diameter increases.

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41. The oxygen in the blood that is delivered to the left atrium is about ______%.

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42. The pulmonary artery carries ______blood

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The oxygen that diffuses into the plasma dissolves in the plasma and the diffusion continues
until the PO2 in plasma rises to____

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By the time blood reaches the pulmonary capillaries the pressure has fallen to an average
of_______.

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45. TLC stands for______

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46.

Every time the transpulmonary pressure increases by 1 centimeter of water, the lung volume
expands _______ millimeters.

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47. The muscles of respiration can be divided into _______ and muscles of expiration

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48. The distance from the thoracic inlet to the diaphragm is the ______diameter of the thorax.

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49.

________ is a surface acting agent that is responsible for lowering the surface tension of a
fluid.

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The types of intercostal muscles in each of the eleven intercostal spaces are _____ and
______ .

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