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Animal Physiology Final Exam-MasteringQuestions and Answers (Latest Update)
Match the correct plasma protein with the function.
Which of the following would occur if a person were NOT able
to absorb iron through the digestive tract?
a.) an individual would no longer be able to produce red blood
cells.
b.) an individual would no longer be able to excrete bilirubin.
c.) an individual would not be able to produce any transferrin.
d.) an individual would produce red blood cells without any
hemoglobin in them. - Correct Answer ✅a.) an individual
would no longer be able to produce red blood cells
Hemophilia is a blood disorder resulting from defects in:
a. coagulation factors
b. vasoconstriction of damaged vessels
c. production of blood cells in the bone marrow
d. plasmin synthesis. - Correct Answer ✅a. coagulation
factors
Ventilation is also known as:
a. breathing
b. air conduction
c. expiration
d. inspiration
,Animal Physiology Final Exam-Mastering
Questions and Answers (Latest Update)
e. blowing - Correct Answer ✅a. breathing
The lower respiratory tract includes:
a. all of the bronchial branches
b. only the lungs
c. all of the bronchial branches, the lungs, and the trachea
d. only the trachea
e. all of the bronchial branches and the lungs. - Correct
Answer ✅c. all of the bronchial branches, the lungs, and the
trachea
Type II alveolar cells:
a. allow rapid diffusion of gases through their thin
membranes, secrete a chemical known as surfactant, and are
phagocytic.
b. are phagocytic
c. allow rapid diffusion of gases through their thin
membranes
d. secrete a chemical known as surfactant.
e. none of the statements are true. - Correct Answer ✅d.
secrete a chemical known as surfactant.
Which feature of the alveoli allow for the ease of diffusion of
gases?
,Animal Physiology Final Exam-Mastering
Questions and Answers (Latest Update)
a. elastin fibers allow the alveoli to stretch thin enough for
diffusion to occur.
b. type II alveolar cells secrete surfactant
c. they are made of a single layer of epithelium
d. they are made of a single layer of simple squamous
epithelium and elastin fibers allow the alveoli to stretch thin
enough for diffusion to occur. - Correct Answer ✅c. they
are made of a single layer of epithelium
Total cross-sectional area __________ with each division of the
airways.
a. decreases
b. increases
c. does not change - Correct Answer ✅b. increases
In the lungs, the:
a.) blood flow rate is higher and the blood pressure is higher,
than the blood flow rate and the blood pressure in other
tissues.
b.) blood flow rate is lower and the blood pressure is higher,
than the blood flow rate and the blood pressure in other
tissues.
c.) blood flow rate is higher and the blood pressure is lower,
than the blood flow rate and the blood pressure in other
tissues.
, Animal Physiology Final Exam-Mastering
Questions and Answers (Latest Update)
d.) blood flow rate and the blood pressure are the same as in
other tissues.
e.) blood flow rate is lower and the blood pressure is lower,
than the blood flow rate and the blood pressure in other
tissues. - Correct Answer ✅c.) blood flow rate is higher and
the blood pressure is lower, than the blood flow rate and the
blood pressure in other tissues.
Harry suffers from cystic fibrosis and frequently has periods
where he can hardly breathe. The problem is the result of:
a. laryngospasms that occur in response to a toxic substance
produced by the epithelial cells.
b. collapse of one or both lungs.
c. inflammation of the bronchi
d. constriction of the trachea
e. thick secretions that exceed the ability of the mucus
elevator to transport them. - Correct Answer ✅e. thick
secretions that exceed the ability of the mucus elevator to
transport them.
What is a function of the pleural fluid?
a. to hold the lungs to the thoracic wall
b. to keep the thoracic cavity from collapsing
c. to help oxygen diffuse into the blood
d. to humidify inhlaed air - Correct Answer ✅a. to hold the
lungs to the thoracic wall
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