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What is the function of the respiratory system?
What is the function of the respiratory system?
- Digesting food and absorbing nutrients
- Transporting air into the lungs and capturing oxygen from the air (correct)
- Maintaining body temperature and regulating blood pressure
- Transporting food into the stomach and eliminating waste from the body
What is the main component of the respiratory epithelium?
What is the main component of the respiratory epithelium?
- Stratified squamous epithelium
- Pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia (correct)
- Simple squamous epithelium
- Transitional epithelium
What is the role of goblet cells in the respiratory tract?
What is the role of goblet cells in the respiratory tract?
- Heat, moisten, and clean the air entering the lungs
- Capture oxygen from the air and eliminate carbon dioxide
- Move mucus towards the pharynx for expectoration or swallowing
- Secrete mucus to trap particles or microorganisms suspended in the air (correct)
What is the function of the turbinates in the nasal cavity?
What is the function of the turbinates in the nasal cavity?
What is the purpose of the short, stiff hairs in the nostrils?
What is the purpose of the short, stiff hairs in the nostrils?
Where does gaseous exchange take place in the respiratory system?
Where does gaseous exchange take place in the respiratory system?
What is the function of the larynx?
What is the function of the larynx?
Which part of the respiratory system contains elastic cartilage and folds called vocal cords?
Which part of the respiratory system contains elastic cartilage and folds called vocal cords?
What is the function of type 2 pneumocytes in the alveoli?
What is the function of type 2 pneumocytes in the alveoli?
Which part of the respiratory system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and the blood?
Which part of the respiratory system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and the blood?
Where does the trachea extend to?
Where does the trachea extend to?
What is the role of Clara cells in the bronchioles?
What is the role of Clara cells in the bronchioles?
What is the purpose of the seromucous glands in the nasal cavity?
What is the purpose of the seromucous glands in the nasal cavity?
Where do we find smooth and skeletal muscles that intervene in swallowing?
Where do we find smooth and skeletal muscles that intervene in swallowing?
What is the composition of the walls of bronchioles?
What is the composition of the walls of bronchioles?
What is responsible for maintaining surface tension to keep the bronchioles open?
What is responsible for maintaining surface tension to keep the bronchioles open?
What is responsible for preventing the trachea from collapsing?
What is responsible for preventing the trachea from collapsing?
What is responsible for phagocytizing dust particles or inhaled microorganisms to maintain a sterile environment inside the lungs?
What is responsible for phagocytizing dust particles or inhaled microorganisms to maintain a sterile environment inside the lungs?
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