Most of the aquatic arthropods respire through:
(1) diffusion over entire body surface
(2) gills
(3) tracheae and tracheoles
(4) skin
Regarding pulmonary capacities, the maximum volume of air a person can breathe in after a forced expiration can also be defined as:
(1) Total volume of air a person can inspire or expire after a normal inspiration or expiration
(2) Volume of air that will remain in the lungs after a normal expiration
(3) Maximum volume of air a person can breathe out after a forced inspiration
(4) Total volume of air accommodated in the lungs at the end of a forced inspiration
Which of the following will not be equal in normal physiological conditions?
(1) Partial pressure of oxygen in deoxygenated blood and partial pressure of oxygen in tissues
(2) Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in alveoli and partial pressure of carbon dioxide in oxygenated blood
(3) Partial pressure of oxygen in oxygenated blood and partial pressure of oxygen in alveoli
(4) Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in tissues and partial pressure of carbon dioxide in deoxygenated blood
Under normal physiological conditions, what amount of oxygen is delivered to the tissues?
(1) 4 ml
(2) 5 ml
(3) 15 ml
(4) 20 ml
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the enzyme cabonic anhydrase:
(1) RBCs contain a very high concentration of this enzyme
(2) The enzyme is absent in the plasma
(3) It facilitates the reaction catalyzed in both directions
(4) It is a metalloenzyme
Pulmonary fibrosis is a pathological hallmark of:
(1) Chronic obstructive lung disease
(2) Bronchial asthma
(3) Viral Pneumonia in children
(4) Occupational lung diseases
The peripheral chemoreceptors are:
(1) more sensitive to a decrease in PCO2 than to a decrease in PO2
(2) stimulated by hypocapnia
(3) located in the medulla oblongata of the brain stem
(4) more sensitive to a decrease in PO2 than to a decrease in PCO2
What percentage of Carbon dioxide is transported by RBCs
(1)7
(2)20-25
(3)70
(4)97
What percentage of Carbon dioxide is transported in a dissolved state through plasma
(1)7
(2)20-25
(3)70
(4)97
What percentage of oxygen molecule is transported in a dissolved state through plasma
(1)3
(2)20-25
(3)70
(4)97