Learning Activity # 10 - Chapters 15 and 16

Chapter 15

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  1. Define the following: oxyhemoglobin, carbaminohemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin


  2. Describe the structure of the bronchial tree.


  3. Name three ways oxygen carried in the blood? What is the most common way oxygen is carried in the blood?


  4. Name three ways carbon dioxide is carried in the blood. What is the most common way carbon dioxide is carried in the blood?


  5. Why is carbon monoxide poisonous to humans?


  6. Describe what happens to the diaphragm during expiration. What happens to the ribs during expiration?


  7. What happens to the diaphragm during inspiration? What happens to the ribs during inspiration?


  8. Is the diaphragm flat when it is contracted or relaxed?


  9. The space between the lungs is called the what? What organs are found in this space?


  10. Name three cartilages found in the larynx. Which cartilage is the largest and is found in the "Adam's apple" of a male?


  11. Give the structures and functions of the following organs: pharynx, larynx, trachea.


  12. Trace the inspiration of air from the nose to the alveoli of the lungs.


  13. What is the function of surfactant in the lungs?


  14. Where is the pneumotaxic area located? What is its function?


  15. In what part of the bronchial tree does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occur across a membrane?


  16. Describe the structures that are found within the substance of the lungs.


  17. How many lobes does the right lung have? How many does the left lung have?


  18. How do vocal cords produce sound? What kind of vocal cord produces a high pitch sound? What kind produces a low pitch sound?


  19. What is the difference between a true vocal cord and a false vocal cord? Which type is superior to the other?


    Chapter 16

  20. Tell where the following enzymes are produced and what they digest: salivary amylase, pepsin, trypsin, carboxypeptidase, maltase, lactase, pancreatic amylase, lipase.


  21. What is gastrin? What is its function? What organ produces it?


  22. What is secretin? What is its function? What organ produces it?


  23. What is CCK (cholecystokinin)? What is its function? What organ produces it?


  24. What are the functions of the large intestine?


  25. Describe the locations of the following: ileocecal valve, pyloric valve, and esophogeal valve


  26. What are the three parts of the small intestine in order?


  27. What are the divisions of the large intestine in order?


  28. What are the divisions of the stomach? What is the location of each?


  29. List the accessory organs of the digestive system. List the organs of the alimentary canal.


  30. Name the four types of permanent teeth. Give their locations and functions.


  31. What are the functions of the liver? What is the function of the gall bladder?


  32. List the three tonsil types. Give their locations.


  33. Describe the structure of a tooth using the following terms: enamel, dentin, cementum, gingiva, pulp cavity, and root canal.


  34. Describe the locations of the hard palate and the soft palate. What makes the hard palate hard? What is the function of the palate?


  35. Name the three types of salivary glands. Give the locations of each.


  36. Which of the following can the stomach digest? Proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, lipids.


  37. Which of the following can the small intestine digest? Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids. There may be more than one answer.


  38. What is the composition of feces?


  39. What are the functions of tonsils?