Mr. Huff and Puff is getting ready to blow up a pool float because he can't find the air pump. He takes a big breath in after exhaling normally. The air he takes in is the
A. inspiratory reserve volume.
B. vital capacity.
C. inspiratory capacity.
D. tidal volume.
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Question 2) Which of the following individuals will have the highest vital capacity?
A. a well-trained athlete (male or female)
B. a middle-aged, short female
C. an 80-year-old male
D. a young, obese male
E. an adult female
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Question 3) The volume of air available for gas exchange per minute is called the
A. vital capacity.
B. alveolar ventilation.
C. minute respiratory volume.
D. functional residual capacity.
E. respiratory rate.
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Question 4) Mr. Huff and Puff exhales normally; then, using forced expiration, he exhales as much air as possible. The volume of air still remaining in his lungs is called
A. expiratory reserve volume.
B. tidal volume.
C. inspiratory reserve volume.
D. vital capacity.
E. residual volume.
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Question 5) In which of the following situations is compliance greatest?
A. collapse of the alveoli
B. airway obstruction
C. emphysema
D. pulmonary fibrosis
E. pulmonary edema
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Question 6) Whose law explains why a gas will move from one area to another area?
A. Dalton's Law
B. Henry's Law
C. Charles Law
D. Boyle's Law
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Question 7) Contraction of respiratory muscles are responsible for the movement of air out of the lungs in quiet expiration.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Question 8) Whose law explains that an increase in volume causes a decrease in pressure?
A. Henry's Law
B. Dalton's Law
C. Charles Law
D. Boyles Law
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Question 9) What factors are responsible for the decrease in the volume of the alveoli?
A. compliance and lung recoil
B. lung recoil and surface tension of water
C. compliance and surface tension of water
D. perfusion and lung recoil
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Question 10) Air in the pleural cavity is called
A. emphysema.
B. respiratory distress syndrome.
C. a pneumothorax.
D. pneumonia.
E. forced expiration.
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