Systems Review Quiz

1. The effects of smoking are felt by _______________ systems.

2. Smoking affects the _______________ system by interfering with the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood and thus contributing to the lower birth weight of infants from mothers who smoke.

3. The respiratory tract, with its cilia that line the trachea and mucous tissues lining the nasal cavity, aids the functions of the _______________ system.

4. _______________ from cigarette smoke binds with greater affinity to hemoglobin than does oxygen.

5. Cigarette smoking is linked to _______________ .

6. Oxygen exchange occurs in the _______________ of the lungs.

7. When carbon monoxide binds with hemoglobin, the resulting molecule is called _______________ .

8. The functions of the respiratory system are critical to the _______________ system where the brain uses up to 20% of the oxygen carried by the blood.

9. The respiratory system is responsible for _______________ .

10. The _______________ system functions with the respiratory system in distributing oxygen to cells throughout the body.

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