“Bends” is a painful condition that is seen in cases of:
1. nitrogen narcosis
2. decompression sickness
3. hyperbaric oxygen therapy
4. carbon dioxide accumulation

Subtopic:  Respiratory Disorders: Part 1 |

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Overinflation of lungs can be damaging and is prevented in humans by:
1. apneustic center
2. Hering-Breuer reflex
3. hypercapnia
4. inspiratory neurons

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Oxidized hemoglobin is known as:
1. carboxyhemoglobin
2. methemoglobin
3. oxy hemoglobin
4. carbaminohemoglobin

Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Exchange of Gases |

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Alveoli are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs that sit at the very end of the respiratory tree, branching off the _______.

1. tertiary bronchi 2. bronchioles
3. terminal bronchioles 4. respiratory bronchioles
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Trachea & Basic Anatomy of Lung |

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The cells lining the alveoli that secrete the pulmonary surfactant are:
1. type I alveolar cells
2. type II alveolar cells
3. filtration from the alveolar capillaries
4. alveolar macrophages

Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Pulmonary Ventilation |
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A measure of the amount of air a person inhales during a normal breath is:

1. inspiratory reserve volume 2. vital capacity
3. total lung capacity 4. tidal volume
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Pulmonary Volumes & Capacities |
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2,3-diphosphoglycerate in red blood cells:
1. enhances oxygen unloading at the systemic capillaries
2. makes deoxyhemoglobin less stable
3. shifts the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to the left
4. stimulates the production of more red blood cells

Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Transport of Gases Part 1 |

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Four globin chains [ 2 alpha and 2 gamma] constitute the structure of:
1. hemoglobin A
2. hemoglobin F
3. hemoglobin S
4. methemoglobin

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The abnormal hemoglobin seen in patients of sickle cell anemia is HbS. It is different in structure from the normal HbA because:

1. glutamic acid is replaced by valine in the beta chain
2. the two beta chains are replaced by gamma chains
3. it has two heme groups instead of four
4. it consists of only a single globin chain and heme

Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Sickle Cell Anemia |
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The amount of air that remains in a person's lungs after fully exhaling is known as:

1. tidal volume 2. expiratory reserve volume
3. vital capacity 4. residual volume
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Pulmonary Volumes & Capacities |
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