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Biology II Practice Test
 Ch 22: The Respiratory System  
1. 1. Which type of water holds the least amount of oxygen? _______________________________________
2. The olfactory receptors are housed in the _________________________________________________.
3. The vocal cords are located in the _______________________________________________________.
4. Insects use ______________________________________________ to exchange gases.
5. The opposite movement of water and blood in gills is known as ________________________________.
6. The __________________________________________________is an air conduit only.
7. The paranasal sinuses and nasolacrimal ducts drain into the __________________________________.
8. Internally, the nose is divided by the nasal _________________________________________________.
9. The exchange of gases occurs in the ____________________________________________________.
10. The “blood” in insects is ___________________________________________________.
11. The _________________________________________ prevents food/liquids from entering the trachea.
12. Smoking kills about _______________________________________ per year in the U.S.
13. ___________________________ is carried in the blood bound to the hemoglobin of red blood cells.
14. There are _________________________ primary bronchi.
15. The lining of the _________________________________ is ciliated.
16. Air enters the lungs when they are under _______________________________ pressure.
17. What attracts the oxygen so that it moves from the mother to the fetus? ________________________
18. The smallest bronchioles that lead into the respiratory zone are called __________________ bronchioles.
19. The trachea is held open by ________________________________________________________.
20. ____________________is caused by excessive mucus production in the lower respiratory passageways
21. ______________________________________________________ is caused by a bacteria.
22. _______________________________ occurs when the body doesn’t get enough oxygen to its tissues.
23. Constricting bronchioles can cause _____________________________________.
24. _________________________________ is the accumulation of too much carbon dioxide.
25. _________________________________ is the permanent enlargement and destruction of alveoli.
26. The average breath is about _________________________________________________________.
27. Breathing rate is controlled by the ______________________________________________________.
28. _________________________causes the brain to stop breathing because of low carbon dioxide levels.
29. Breathing rate is indirectly controlled by __________________________________________.
30. Earthworms breath via ______________________________________________.
31. Moving air in and out of the lungs is known as ___________________________________.
32. A tracheole would probably be found in a _______________________________.
33.  Hemoglobin converts carbon dioxide into ______________________________________.


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