Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement-A: One can breathe out air through eustachian tubes by closing both the nose and the mouth.
Statement-B: External inter-costal and abdominal muscles are muscles involved in inspiration under normal breathing.

1. Both statements A and B are correct
2. Both statements A and B are incorrect
3. Only statement A is correct
4. Only statement B is correct

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The total volume of air accommodated in the lungs at the end of a forced inspiration in a healthy adult individual can be represented as:
(a) IC + FRC 
(b) ERV + RV + TV+ IRV 
(c) ERV + TV+ IRV 
(d) RV + IRV + EC 
Select the correct option. 
1. only a 
2. (a), (b) and (d) 
3. (a), (b), (c) and (d) 
4. Only (b) and (d) 
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Pulmonary Volumes & Capacities |
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Assertion (A): Normal exhalation during quiet breathing is an active process involving extensive muscle contraction 
Reason (R): Passive exhalation results from the elastic recoil of the chest wall and lungs 
In the light of above two statements, select the correct option 
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) 
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false 
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true 
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All of the following can be measured with the help of spirometer except 
(a) IC + ERV 
(b) IC + FRC 
(c) ERV + RV 
(d) TV + IRV 
(e) TV + ERV 
1. (a), (b) and (c) 
2. (b) and (c) 
3. (a) (c) and (e) 
4. (c), (d) and (e) 
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Pulmonary Volumes & Capacities |
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Read the following statements and select the correct option 
Statement A: Alveoli are the primary sites of exchange of gases which consist of single thin layer of flattened cells with irregular boundaries 
Statement B: Thin, permeable of gases, moist and least vascular are come of the characters of a typical respiratory surface 
1. Both statements (A) and (B) are correct 
2. Both statements (A) and (B) are incorrect 
3. Only statement (A) is correct 
4. Only statement (A) is incorrect 
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Exchange of Gases |
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Assertion (A): Thoracic chamber is anatomically an air-tight chamber and any change in its volume has no effect whatsoever on the pulmonary cavity.
Reason (R): Lungs are situated in the thoracic cavity and this arrangement is essential for breathing.
With respect to the above mentioned statements, choose the correct answer from the following options.
1. (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of A
2. (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of A
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. (A) is false but (R) is true
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Trachea & Basic Anatomy of Lung |
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How many of the given factors affect the exchange of gases between blood and tissues?
a. Thickness of diffusion membrane
b. Solubility of gases
c. Pressure gradient
d. Concentration gradient
Mark the correct option from the following:
1. Two
2. One
3. Four
4. Zero
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Exchange of Gases |
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Assertion (A): Emphysema is caused by cigarette smoking.
Reason (R): Cigarette smoking reduces the gaseous exchange area.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
Subtopic:  Respiratory Disorders: Part 1 | Respiratory Disorders: Part 2 | Respiratory Disorders - III |
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Assertion (A): Smoking leads to availability of less oxygen to the body.
Reason (R): In presence of CO, O2 binds less with Hb.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
Subtopic:  Respiratory Disorders: Part 1 | Respiratory Disorders: Part 2 | Respiratory Disorders - III |
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Assertion (A): At high altitudes, hypoxia may occur.
Reason (R): The percentage of O2 decreases in the air at high altitudes.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
Subtopic:  Respiratory System: Exchange of Gases |
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