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Which type of blood cell is required for blood clotting? ____________ What is the name
of the active form of the protein in our blood that causes a clot to form? ____________ -
Answers -✔✔ platelets
fibrin
What type of cell can squeeze out of the circulatory system to hunt for bad guys in
infected tissues? _____________, which are a type of ________________. - Answers -
✔✔ macrophages
white blood cell
Which is the most prevalent gas in our atmosphere? _________ What is its
approximate % in the atmosphere? _________ - Answers -✔✔ Nitrogen
79%
What is the direction that air flows from the nose/mouth into your bloodstream? -
Answers -✔✔ pharynx --> larynx --> trachea --> bronchi --> bronchioles --> alveoli
In humans, lungs are caused to inflate during shallow breathing when the diaphragm
muscle ___________. When this occurs, the volume of the chest cavity increases,
which causes the pressure of the air inside of the chest cavity to ___________. -
Answers -✔✔ contracts and air is sucked in by negative pressure; decrease
When you hold your breath, which of the following first causes you to feel like you need
to breathe? ______________ Where is the breathing center located in your brain?
_______________ - Answers -✔✔ rising CO2 levels in the blood; medulla
When the pH of your blood goes down too low, that means there is ________ H+ in
your blood, and you will respond by ___________. The buffer in our blood that works
with our respiratory system to keep our pH constant is __________. - Answers -✔✔ too
much; breathing more rapidly; bicarbonate
Which of the following chemicals is a bronchoconstrictor? ____________ Which of the
following chemicals is a bronchodilator? _____________ Which of the following
chemicals will reduce inflammation in the bronchial airways? _____________ - Answers
-✔✔ ACH
epinephrine