Respiratory System Questions 1. What is respiration? What is ventilation? -

2. How is respiration different from cellular respiration? -

3. Outline the pathway of a breath of air from the nose to the alveoli. -

4. Describe how pulmonary gas exchange occurs. -

5. Identify three diseases of the respiratory system, and state what triggers or causes each disease. -

6. Sometimes people who are feeling anxious breathe too fast and become lightheaded. This is called hyperventilation. Hyperventilation can upset the pH balance of the blood, resulting in the blood that is too basic. Explain why. -

7. Compare and contrast pulmonary and peripheral gas exchange. -

8. Explain why contraction of the diaphragm causes the lungs to fill with air. -

9. Explain how the rate of breathing is controlled. -