PATHOLOGY MCQ
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Question
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The alveoli are defined as
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the primary muscle used in the process of inspiration. A dome shaped muscle.
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the tube that takes air into the chest, also known as the windpipe.
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tiny sacs at the end of the bronchioles, where gaseous exchange takes place.
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a type of protein found in every red blood cell.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles (tiny branches of air tubes in the lungs). The alveoli are where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of each bronchiole are tiny air sacs called alveoli. This is the place where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide actually happens. Each person has hundreds of millions of alveoli in their lungs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Deep in the lungs, each bronchus divides into secondary and tertiary bronchi, which continue to branch to smaller airways called the bronchioles. The bronchioles end in air sacs called the alveoli.
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