Bio 202 Penkrot Exam #2 Questions And
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Tidal volume is air ________. - Answer✔Exchanged during normal breathing
The chemical and mechanical processes of food breakdown are called ______. -
Answer✔Digestion
Which of the following occurs simultaneously and in the opposite direction as the movement of
bicarbonate ions from the erythrocytes? - Answer✔Chloride shifting
The amount of air that can be inspired above the tidal volume is called _______. -
Answer✔Inspiratory reserve volume
Which of the choices below is not a factor that promotes oxygen binding to and dissociation
from hemoglobin? - Answer✔Number of red blood cells
The sheets of peritoneal membrane that hold the digestive tract in place are called ________. -
Answer✔Mesenteries
Peripheral resistance ____. - Answer✔Increases as blood viscosity increases
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Which of the following best describes the qualities of most antigens? -
Answer✔Macromolecules that are foreign to the host
The arteries that are also called distributing arteries are the ________. - Answer✔Muscular
arteries
The lymphatic capillaries are ________. - Answer✔More permeable than blood capillaries
The local matching of blood flow with ventilation is ________. - Answer✔Ventilation-perfusion
coupling
Inflammation _______. - Answer✔Brings more leukocytes to the site of infection
Surfactant helps to prevent the alveoli from collapsing by ________. - Answer✔Interfering with
the cohesiveness of water molecules, thereby reducing the surface tension of alveolar fluid
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs and through all cell membranes by
_________. - Answer✔Diffusion
The lung volume that represents the total volume of exchangeable air is the _______. -
Answer✔Vital capacity
A vaccine is effective because ________. - Answer✔Secondary response of adaptive immunity
is faster than primary
The thymus is most active to build immunity during ________. - Answer✔Childhood
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