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12. EVOLUTION LINK What are the advantages of having millions of alveoli rather than a pair of simple, balloonlike lungs?
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Ch. 46.1 - Compare the advantages and disadvantages of air...Ch. 46.1 - What are some advantages of gas exchange in air...Ch. 46.2 - Describe the following adaptations for gas...Ch. 46.2 - Why are specialized respiratory structures...Ch. 46.2 - How does gas exchange differ among the following...Ch. 46.2 - How does the countercurrent exchange system...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 46.3 - Prob. 4LOCh. 46.3 - Prob. 5LOCh. 46.3 - Describe the regulation of breathing in humans and...
Ch. 46.3 - What is the sequence of inhaled airflow through...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 2CCh. 46.3 - Prob. 3CCh. 46.3 - Prob. 4CCh. 46.4 - Prob. 7LOCh. 46.4 - Prob. 1CCh. 46.4 - Prob. 2CCh. 46 - Test Your Understanding 1. Which of the following...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2TYUCh. 46 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 46 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 46 - Test Your Understanding 5. Which sequence most...Ch. 46 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 46 - Test Your Understanding 7. According to Ficks law...Ch. 46 - Prob. 8TYUCh. 46 - Prob. 9TYUCh. 46 - Prob. 10TYUCh. 46 - Test Your Understanding 11. VISUALIZE Draw and...Ch. 46 - Test Your Understanding 12. EVOLUTION LINK What...Ch. 46 - Test Your Understanding 13. INTEREPT DATA Look at...Ch. 46 - Test Your Understanding 14. PREDICT What problems...Ch. 46 - Prob. 15TYUCh. 46 - EVOLUTION LINK Aquatic mammals such as whales and...Ch. 46 - Prob. 17TYU
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- Test Your Understanding 11. VISUALIZE Draw and label a diagram illustrating the sequence of structures through which inhaled air travels to reach the alveoli.arrow_forwardTest Your Understanding 1. Which of the following is a benefit of gas exchange in air compared with gas exchange in water? (a) air has a higher concentration of molecular oxygen (b) oxygen diffuses more slowly in air (c) no energy is required for ventilation (d) moist respiratory surface is not needed (e) air is denser than waterarrow_forwardTest Your Understanding 5. Which sequence most accurately describes the flow of air in the human respiratory system? 1. pharynx 2. bronchus 3. trachea 4. larynx 5. alveolus 6. Bronchiole (a) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 6 (b) 1,4, 3, 2, 5, 6 (c) 4, 1,3, 2, 6, 5 (d) 1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5 (e) 1, 3, 4, 2, 6, 5arrow_forward
- Distinguish between positive pressure breathing and negative pressure breathing in animals with lungs.arrow_forwardTest Your Understanding 7. According to Ficks law of diffusion, a gas will diffuse faster if the (a) surface is reduced (b) difference in pressure is decreased (c) difference in pressure is increased (d) pH is lowered (e) a and carrow_forwardDuring inhalation _______. a. the thoracic cavity expands b. the diaphragm relaxes c. atmospheric pressure declines d. the glottis is closedarrow_forward
- Test Your Understanding 13. INTEREPT DATA Look at Figure 46-10b. How would strenuous muscle activity affect the oxygenhemoglobin dissociation curve? (Hint: How does muscular activity affect pH? See Chapter 40 if you need to review this concept.) Figure 46-10 Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curvesarrow_forward1. What helps to maintain a concentration gradient between blood and the air in the alveolus?A. The flow of blood through the lungsB. The presence of haemoglobin in blood cellsC. The single-celled alveolar wallsD. The squamous epithelium of capillaries Please solve fast max 15 minutes and no reject thank uarrow_forward1. Which will have a higher concentration of surfactant, a large alveolus or a small one? Explain why. 2. What is the function of surfactant? 3. Explain why puncturing the pleural membrane (pneumothorax) causes the lung to collapse. 4. Explain why the intrapleural pressure is always subatmospheric.arrow_forward
- 10. Given the illustration below, which of the following ‘analogy’ are more likely similar to the image shown? A. The delivery boy bring oxygen inside the nose and another guy carry carbon dioxide out of the nose while Mr. Lungs check their movement. B. Oxygen and carbon dioxide moves on opposite direction and lung is controlling them.arrow_forward1. How is 20-30% of CO2 is transported in the blood? 2. How is 70% of CO2 transported in the blood? 3. What is the group in the medulla that initiates inspiration?arrow_forwardDraw your own original diagram to show how the alveoli and the capillaries work together to exchange gases between the respiratory and circulatory systems.arrow_forward
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