- What are the main functions of the respiratory system? What are the minor functions of this system?
- What structure marks the break point between the upper and lower respiratory tracts? What are the functions of the upper respiratory tract?
- Which laryngeal cartilage is responsible for preventing solids from entering the lower respiratory tract?
- How are the conducting zone and the respiratory zone different?
- How does the structure of the alveolar sac relate directly to its function?
- How does muscle activity promote inhalation and exhalation?
- Which dissolved gas is responsible for triggering breathing?
- What is the relationship between ERV, IRV, and VC?
- Which type of respiration is responsible for delivering oxygen to the tissues of the body: external or internal respiration?
- What is the force that moves oxygen from air to blood, and from blood to tissue cells?
- What characteristics of hemoglobin make it ideal for oxygen transport? In other words, when does hemoglobin pick up oxygen, and under what conditions does it release it?
- What is one positive role of carbon dioxide in the blood?
- How does asthma interfere with respiration?