Unit 1 C: The respiratory system quiz games for BTEC National Sport

1. 1

   Which structure carries air from the larynx towards the bronchi?

   PharynxTracheaBronchiolesEpiglottis
2. 2

   In which part of the brain is the respiratory centre?

   Cerebral cortexMedulla oblongataHypothalamusCerebellum
3. 3

   True or false: the diaphragm contracts and flattens during inspiration.

   the diaphragm contracts and flattens during inspiration.

+ 12 more questions in the game.

1. 1

   What is meant by diffusion of a gas?

   Moving from low to high partial pressureMoving from high to low partial pressureBeing carried by haemoglobinWater crossing a partially permeable membrane
2. 2

   Which term describes the dome-shaped muscle sheet that separates the thorax from the abdomen?

   External intercostalsTracheaDiaphragmPectoralis minor
3. 3

   Which term describes the total volume of air breathed in or out each minute?

   Breathing frequencyVital capacityMinute ventilationTidal volume

+ 12 more questions in the game.

1. 1

   Which receptors in the muscles and joints signal that movement has started?

   ProprioceptorsChemoreceptorsBaroreceptorsThermoreceptors
2. 2

   Minute ventilation is tidal volume multiplied by ____.

   breathing frequencystroke volumeresidual volumevital capacity
3. 3

   True or false: Carbon dioxide diffuses from the alveoli into the blood.

   Carbon dioxide diffuses from the alveoli into the blood.

+ 12 more questions in the game.

1. 1

   Which structure carries air from the larynx towards the bronchi?

   EpiglottisTracheaPharynxBronchioles
2. 2

   In which part of the brain is the respiratory centre?

   Medulla oblongataHypothalamusCerebellumCerebral cortex
3. 3

   True or false: air passes from the larynx straight into the bronchioles.

   air passes from the larynx straight into the bronchioles.

+ 12 more questions in the game.