Deck 13: Gas Exchange,circulation and Waste Removal

Question 1

Blood plasma can be donated by

A) removing blood with a needle.
B) a stem cell blood removing device.
C) an apheresis machine.
D) a plasmonic machine.

Answer 1

an apheresis machine.

Question 2

High blood pressure is also called

A) hypertension.
B) diastolic pressure.
C) systolic pressure.
D) contracting tension.

Answer 2

hypertension.

Question 3

The disease in which fatty deposits called plaques develop in the inner walls of arteries, narrowing the passages and restricting blood flow is called

A) austiosclerosis.
B) atherosclerosis.
C) sclerosis.
D) artery dialysis.

Answer 3

atherosclerosis.

Question 4

After reading the paragraph below, answer the question(s) that follow(s).
Immediately following a large meal, middle aged Fred has severe chest pain. He is convinced he is having a heart attack and his family calls an ambulance to take him to the hospital. Once there, doctors run a number of tests to determine whether he has indeed had a heart attack.

-Which of the following types of tests might be done on Fred?

A) angioplasty
B) pupil dilation
C) C-reactive protein in the blood
D) blood glucose level

Question 5

After reading the paragraph below, answer the question(s) that follow(s).
Immediately following a large meal, middle aged Fred has severe chest pain. He is convinced he is having a heart attack and his family calls an ambulance to take him to the hospital. Once there, doctors run a number of tests to determine whether he has indeed had a heart attack.

-What type of drug might Fred be treated with immediately at the hospital?

A) an anti-psychotic
B) insulin
C) a clot-buster
D) a cholesterol-lowering drug

Question 6

After reading the paragraph below, answer the question(s) that follow(s).
Immediately following a large meal, middle aged Fred has severe chest pain. He is convinced he is having a heart attack and his family calls an ambulance to take him to the hospital. Once there, doctors run a number of tests to determine whether he has indeed had a heart attack.

-The Fitzroy River turtle is one species capable of a form of gas exchange called

A) gill respiration.
B) cloacal gill respiration.
C) cloacal respiration.
D) backwards respiration.

Question 7

The volume of air in each breath when you breathe quietly is about 500 mL and is called

A) vital capacity.
B) negative pressure breathing.
C) total volume.
D) tidal volume.

Question 8

Smoking while pregnant reduces the supply of oxygen reaching the placenta by

A) 10%.
B) 25%.
C) 2.5%.
D) 5%.

Question 9

After reading the paragraph below, answer the question(s) that follow(s).
Alice has been a cigarette smoker since she was 14. Now 75, she has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because the chronic exposure to cigarette smoke has damaged and killed many of the epithelial cells lining her lungs.

-Which of the following would Alice not experience with her breathing?

A) reduced lung tidal volume
B) reduced ability to exchange gases across the alveolar membranes
C) increased lung residual volume
D) reduced breathing rate

Question 10

After reading the paragraph below, answer the question(s) that follow(s).
Alice has been a cigarette smoker since she was 14. Now 75, she has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because the chronic exposure to cigarette smoke has damaged and killed many of the epithelial cells lining her lungs.

-What possible therapy would Alice require to maintain sufficient exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in her body?

A) to inspire 100% oxygen
B) to drink oxygenated water
C) to have her breathing rate stimulated pharmacologically
D) to permanently reduce her level of activity