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PRANAVLIVE

CHAPTER:
BREATHING AND EXCHANGE OF GASES
1. _______ is utilized by the organisms to indirectly break down
nutrient molecules like glucose and to derive energy for
performing various activities.
1) CO2
2) O2
3) CO
4) O3
2. __________ is poisonous gas
1) O2
2) He
3) CO
4) H2
3. _______ is released during catabolic reactions
1) CO
2) H2
3) He
4) CO2
4. _____ has to be provided continuously to the cell
1) CO2
2) O2
3) CO
4) O3
5. ________produced by cells have to be continuously released out
1) O2
2) CO
3) CO2
4) O3
6. Process of exchange of O2 from the atmosphere with CO2
produced by the cells is called breathing commonly known as
1) Excretion
2) Breathing
3) Circulation
4) Digestion

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7. Which of the following does not exchange O2 with CO2 by simple
diffusion
1) Sponges
2) Coelenterates
3) Flatworms
4) Earthworms
8. Earthworms use ___ and ______ to transport atmospheric air
within the body
1) Moist skin
2) Moist cuticle
3) Tracheal tubes
4) Both 1 and 3
9. _________ are special vascularised organ in aquatic arthropods
1) Gills
2) Tracheal tubes
3) Lungs
4) No organ
10. Lungs are used by __ for exchange of gases
1) Coelenterates
2) Flatworms
3) Earthworms
4) Terrestrial animals
11. Amphibians can respire through moist skin and
1) Lungs
2) Moist lungs
3) Tracheal tubes
4) gills
12. Mammals have _____ respiratory system
1) Developed
2) Undeveloped
3) Semi developed
4) None of these

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13. Nasal chamber opens into
1) Larynx
2) Nasopharynx
3) Oropharynx
4) Laryngopharynx
14. _________ is a cartilaginous box
1) Pharynx
2) Larynx
3) Trachea
4) Alveoli
15. _______ common passage for air and food
1) Pharynx
2) Larynx
3) Trachea
4) Alveoli
16. Nasopharynx opens through ________into trachea
1) Pharynx
2) Alveoli
3) Trachea
4) Glottis
17. _______ helps in sound production and hence called Sound box
1) Pharynx
2) Larynx
3) Trachea
4) Glottis
18. _________ is a straight tube extending up to the mid-thoracic
cavity
1) Pharynx
2) Alveoli
3) Trachea
4) Glottis

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19. Trachea divides at the level of ______ vertebrata into a right and
left primary bronchi
1) 5th thoracic
2) 3rd cervical
3) 4th lumbar
4) 2nd lumbar
20. Tracheae, primary, secondary and tertiary bronchi and initial
bronchioles are supported by incomplete _____________
1) Incomplete bony rings
2) Complete bony rings
3) Irregular cartilaginous rings
4) Incomplete cartilaginous rings
21. Each terminal bronchioles gives rise to a number of very thin,
irregular-walled structure called _____
1) Axon
2) Dendrite
3) Alveoli
4) Bronchi
22. Lungs are covered by _____ layers
1) Single
2) Double
3) Triple
4) No layer
23. Two lungs are covered by a double layered _________
1) Cartilaginous sheath
2) Pleura
3) Epithelium
4) No layer at all
24. Pleural fluid reduces ____ on the lung surface
1) Friction
2) Area
3) Pressure
4) Increases area

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25. The outer pleural membrane is in the close contact with the
______ lining
1) Thoracic
2) Lumbar
3) Cervical
4) None of these
26. The inner pleural membrane of lung is in contact with the
________
1) Lung surface
2) Is free
3) Connect to alveoli
4) Different in all
27. Conducting part constitutes ________
1) External nostrils to terminal bronchioles
2) Alveoli and its ducts
3) Tertiary bronchioles to alveoli
4) Only alveoli
28. Respiratory or exchange part of respiratory system constitutes
1) External nostrils to terminal bronchioles
2) Alveoli and its ducts
3) Tertiary bronchioles to alveoli
4) Only alveoli
29. Apart from transporting atmospheric air to alveoli conducting
part also
1) Clears it from foreign particles
2) Humidifies
3) Both 1 and 2
4) None of these
30. Exchange part is actual diffusion site of O2 and CO2 between
1) atmospheric air and blood
2) blood and atmospheric air
3) blood and lymph
4) atmospheric air and skin

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31. Thoracic chamber is formed dorsally by _______ and ventrally
by _______
1) Vertebral column, sternum
2) Sternum, vertebral column
3) Ribs, diaphragm
4) Diaphragm, ribs
32. Arrange the steps of respiration
a) Diffusion of O2 and CO2 between blood and tissue
b) Breathing of pulmonary ventilation by which atmospheric
air is drawn in and CO2 rich alveolar air is released out
c) Diffusion of gases across alveolar membrane
d) Transport of gases by the blood
e) Utilization of O2 by the cells for catabolic reactions and
resultant release of CO2
1) A,b,c,d,e
2) B,c,d,a,e
3) C,d,b,a,e
4) A,c,b,d,e
33. What are the two stages involved in breathing
1) Inspiration, expiration
2) Digestion, absorption
3) Eating and excretion
4) none of these

34. The movement of air in and out of lungs is carried out by

creating Pressure gradient between
1) Lungs and atmosphere
2) Heart and skin
3) Nostrils and alveoli
4) Bronchi and lungs
35. The pressure in the lung is _____ wrt to atmospheric pressure
1) Positive
2) Negative
3) No pressure
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 4) Can’t say
36. Inspiration can occur if the pressure within the lungs is
_________ atmospheric pressure
1) More than
2) Equal
3) Less than
4) Does not matter
37. Expiration can occur if the pressure within the lungs is
_________ atmospheric pressure
1) Higher than
2) Lower than
3) Equal
4) Does not matter
38. Healthy human breathes ____________ times/minute
1) 12-16
2) 16-20
3) 10-13
4) 1-5
39. Tidal volume is
1) Volume of air inspired or expired during forced respiration
2) Volume of air inspired or expired during normal respiration
3) Both
4) None
40. Healthy man can normally inspire or expire approx ______ ml of
air per minute
1) 500ml
2) 6000-8000 ml
3) 1000
4) 250
41. Additional volume of air, person can inspire by forcible
inspiration is called
1) Tidal volume
2) ERV
3) IRV
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 4) RV
42. IRV is equal to
1) 2500-3000 ml
2) 6000-8000ml
3) 500ml
4) 12-16 L
43. ERV is equal to
1) 1000-1100ml
2) 6000-8000ml
3) 500ml
4) 2500-3000ml
44. Residual volume is
1) Volume of air remaining in the lungs even after a forcible
expiration
2) Total volume of air a person can inspire after a normal
expiration
3) Total volume of air a person can expire after normal inspiration
4) Volume of air that will remain in lungs after a normal expiration
45. RV averages from
1) 1100-1200ml
2) 1000-1100ml
3) 500ml
4) 9000ml
46. Inspiratory capacity is
1) Volume of air remaining in the lungs even after a forcible
expiration
2) Total volume of air a person can inspire after a normal
expiration
3) Total volume of air a person can expire after normal inspiration
4) Volume of air that will remain in lungs after a normal expiration
47. Inspiratory capacity is equal to
1) TV+IRV
2) TV+ERV
3) VC+RV
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 4) None
48. Expiratory capacity is
1) Volume of air remaining in the lungs even after a forcible
expiration
2) Total volume of air a person can inspire after a normal
expiration
3) Total volume of air a person can expire after normal inspiration
4) Volume of air that will remain in lungs after a normal expiration
49. Functional residual capacity is
1) Volume of air remaining in the lungs even after a forcible
expiration
2) Total volume of air a person can inspire after a normal
expiration
3) Total volume of air a person can expire after normal inspiration
4) Volume of air that will remain in lungs after a normal expiration
50. The maximum volume of air a person can breathe in with forced
expiration
1) Vital capacity
2) Total lung capacity
3) Residual capacity
4) None
51. Total volume of air accommodated in the lungs at the end of a
forced inspiration
1) Vital capacity
2) Total lung capacity
3) Residual capacity
4) None
52. Factors that affect the rate of diffusion across blood and tissue
1) Thickness of membrane
2) Solubility of gases
3) Both 1 and 2
4) None of the above

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53. Pressure contributed by an individual gas in the mixture of
gases is called
1) Partial pressure
2) Total pressure
3) Semi pressure
4) None
54. Partial pressure of O2 in alveoli is
1) 104
2) 159
3) 40
4) 95
55. Partial pressure of CO2 in alveoli is
1) 159
2) 104
3) 40
4) 95
56. Partial pressure of O2 in atmosphere is
1) 159
2) 0.3
3) 104
4) 40
57. Partial pressure of CO2 in atmosphere is
1) 159
2) 0.3
3) 40
4) 104
58. Partial pressure of O2 in oxygenated blood
1) 95
2) 40
3) 104
4) 159
59. Partial pressure of O2 in deoxygenated blood
1) 95
2) 40
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 3) 104
4) 159

60. Partial pressure of O2 in tissues

1) 95
2) 40
3) 104
4) 159
61. Partial pressure of CO2 in oxygenated blood is
1) 0.3
2) 40
3) 45
4) 104
62. Partial pressure of CO2 in deoxygenated blood is
1) 0.3
2) 40
3) 45
4) 104
63. Partial pressure of CO2 in tissues is
1) 0.3
2) 40
3)
4) 45
5) 104
64. Difficulty in breathing causing wheezing due to inflammation of
bronchi and bronchioles
1) Asthma
2) Emphysema
3) Occupational respirator disorder
4) Sinusitis
65. Emphysema is _________ disorder
1) Acute
2) Chronic
3) Genetic
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 4) None of these

66. In which of the following disease, Alveolar walls are damaged

due to which respiratory surface is decreased
1) Asthma
2) Emphysema
3) Occupational respirator disorder
4) Sinusitis
67. Major cause of emphysema is
1) Cigarette
2) Tobacco
3) Drinking
4) Bacteria
68. Long exposure of dust can give rise to inflammation leading to
1) Fibrosis
2) Cirrhosis
3) Tumor
4) None of these
69. Diffusion of oxygen occurs from
a) Alveoli to blood
b) Blood to tissue
c) Blood to alveoli
d) Tissue to blood
Which of the following are correct
1) C and d
2) C,d,b
3) a and b
4) b and c
70. Diffusion of oxygen occurs from
a) Alveoli to blood
b) Blood to tissue
c) Blood to alveoli
d) Tissue to blood
Which of the following are correct?
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 1) C and d
2) C,d,b
3) a and b
4) b and c
71. solubility of ____ is 20-25 higher than ____
1) oxygen, Carbon dioxide
2) carbon dioxide, oxygen
3) nitrogen, oxygen
4) oxygen, nitrogen
72. thickness of diffusion membrane is
1) less than 1mm
2) less than 1nm
3) less 1cm
4) zero
73. diffusion membrane is made up of
a) squamous epithelium of alveoli
b) Endothelium of alveolar capillary
c) Basement membrane
d) Columnar epithelium of nasal chamber
1) B,c,d
2) A,b,c
3) C,d
4) A,b
74. About ____ % of oxygen is transported by RBCs in the blood
1) 98
2) 97
3) 60
4) 40
75. ___ %of Oxygen is carried in a dissolved state through the
plasma
1) 97
2) 3
3) 40
4) 88
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76. ____ of carbon dioxide is transported through RBCs
1) 7
2) 20-25
3) 3
4) 70
77. _____% of carbon dioxide is transported through bicarbonates
1) 7
2) 20-25
3) 3
4) 70
78. _______% of carbon dioxide is transported through plasma
1) 7
2) 20-25
3) 3
4) 70
79. _________ is a red coloured iron containing pigment
1) Melanin
2) WBC
3) Haemoglobin
4) None
80. Each molecule of haemoglobin can carry maximum of how many
oxygen molecules
1) 1
2) 2
3) 4
4) 3
81. Factors affecting binding of carbondioxide and oxygen with
haemoglobin
1) pO2,pCO2
2) temperature
3) hydrogen ion concentration
4) all of these

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82. Every 100ml of oxygenated blood can deliver around _____ of
oxygen to the tissue under normal physiological conditions
1) 6ml
2) 5ml
3) 100ml
4) 80ml
83. The role of ________ in the regulation of respiratory rhythm is
quite insignificant
1) Oxygen
2) Carbon dioxide
3) Haemoglobin
4) RBC
84. Respiratory rhythm centre is primarily located in which part of
brain
1) Medulla
2) Pons
3) Cerebellum
4) None
85. Chemosensitive area is highly sensitive to
1) CO2
2) Hydrogen ion
3) Temperature
4) Both 1 and 2
86. Every 100 ml of deoxygenated blood delivers approx ____ ml of
CO2 to the alveoli
1) 5ml
2) 4ml
3) 8ml
4) 0ml
87. _____ can moderate the functions of respiratory rhythm centre
1) Pneumotaxic centre
2) Carotid artery
3) Aortic arch
4) Receptors
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88. Neural signal from ______ centre can reduce the duration of
inspiration and alter respiratory rate
1) Pneumotaxic centre
2) Carotid artery
3) Aortic arch
4) Receptors
89. Receptors from _____ and _____ can recognize changes in CO2
and H+ concentration
1) Pneumotaxic centre
2) Carotid artery
3) Aortic arch
4) Both 1 and 2
90. Factors that are favorable for formation of oxyhaemoglobin
a) High pO2
b) Low pCO2
c) Lesser H+ concentration
d) Lower temperature
e) Low pO2
f) high pCO2
g) higher H+ concentration
h) higher temperature

which of the following are correct

1) a,d,e,f
2) a,b,c,d
3) e,f,g,h
4) none

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91. Factors that are favorable for formation of oxyhaemoglobin
a) High pO2
b) Low pCO2
c) Lesser H+ concentration
d) Lower temperature
e) Low pO2
f) high pCO2
g) higher H+ concentration
h) higher temperature

which of the following are correct

1) a,d,e,f
2) a,b,c,d
3) e,f,g,h
4) none

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