RESPIRATORY TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What occurs when carbon dioxide and oxygen gases are exchanged - Answer-
Respiration
How many lobes are in the lung - Answer-5
Fluid accumulation in the plural space is called - Answer-Hydrothorax
What is the name for that filter germs and dust out of the air entering the respiratory
system - Answer-Cilla
The process when cells use O2 and nutrients from the blood to produce energy water
and co2 is called - Answer-Cellular respiration
What warms and Moistens inhaled air - Answer-Nasal cavity
What is name of the flap of tissue that closes over the larynx so food doesn't enter the
lungs - Answer-Epiglottis
What area of the body between the lungs called that holds the heart esophagus and
trachea - Answer-Mediastinum
What is the process called that involves moving air in and out of the lungs - Answer-
Ventilation
What is the medical name for the voice box - Answer-Larynx
What part of the pharynx contains the base of the tounge and tonsils - Answer-
Oropharynx
What is the common name for throat - Answer-Pharynx
What is the membrane called surrounding the lungs to decrease friction during
breathing - Answer-Pleura
Infectious diseases that where vast lung damage can occur - Answer-Tuberculosis
What is true about lung cancer - Answer-It's the leading cause of death in men and
women
Which of these conditions is an inflammation and infection of the lungs where too much
moister builds up and impairs breathing - Answer-Pneumonia
ANSWERS
What occurs when carbon dioxide and oxygen gases are exchanged - Answer-
Respiration
How many lobes are in the lung - Answer-5
Fluid accumulation in the plural space is called - Answer-Hydrothorax
What is the name for that filter germs and dust out of the air entering the respiratory
system - Answer-Cilla
The process when cells use O2 and nutrients from the blood to produce energy water
and co2 is called - Answer-Cellular respiration
What warms and Moistens inhaled air - Answer-Nasal cavity
What is name of the flap of tissue that closes over the larynx so food doesn't enter the
lungs - Answer-Epiglottis
What area of the body between the lungs called that holds the heart esophagus and
trachea - Answer-Mediastinum
What is the process called that involves moving air in and out of the lungs - Answer-
Ventilation
What is the medical name for the voice box - Answer-Larynx
What part of the pharynx contains the base of the tounge and tonsils - Answer-
Oropharynx
What is the common name for throat - Answer-Pharynx
What is the membrane called surrounding the lungs to decrease friction during
breathing - Answer-Pleura
Infectious diseases that where vast lung damage can occur - Answer-Tuberculosis
What is true about lung cancer - Answer-It's the leading cause of death in men and
women
Which of these conditions is an inflammation and infection of the lungs where too much
moister builds up and impairs breathing - Answer-Pneumonia
