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The larynx opens into the pharynx through a slit-like opening called the ___________.

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SANTRA PUBLICATION-BREATHING AND RESPIRATION-C. Fill in the Blanks :
  1. In lungs, the inspired air ultimately reaches to .

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  2. Vital capacity of normal adult person is about to litres.

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  3. The pulmonary respiration takes place through .

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  4. Glottis is closed during swallowing of food bolus by .

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  5. The larynx opens into the pharynx through a slit-like opening called t...

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  6. The respiratory tract is lined internally with a epithelium.

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  7. Diaphragm contracts to help in while the con- traction of abdominal m...

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  8. In human, trachea is strengthened by incomplete rings.

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  9. Sound is produced by vibrations of located in the .

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  10. In the lungs the simple squamous non-ciliated epithelium is found in .

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  11. The impulse for voluntary muscles during forced breathing starts in .

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  12. Lungs lie in the thoracic cavity separated by from the abdominal cavi...

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  13. Inflammation in the outer covering of lungs is known as .

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  14. Alveolar P(O(2)) is than the venous P(O(2)) .

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  15. Arterial P(O(2)) is than the alveolar P(O(2)).

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  16. The most characteristic feature of haemoglobin is its ability to combi...

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  17. The exchange of CO(2) and O(2) between atmospheric air and blood of lu...

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  18. After deep inspiration, capacity of maximum expiration of lungs is kno...

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  19. Each haemoglobin molecule can carry molecules of oxygen.

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  20. , is a lipid surface tension lowering agent in the respiratory system.

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