Tag: mechanism of respiration in animals

Questions Related to mechanism of respiration in animals

Lungs are enclosed in?

  1. Periosteum

  2. Perichondrium

  3. Pericardium

  4. Pleural membrane


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. The residual air in lungs slightly decreases the efficiency of respiration in mammals

  2. The presence of non-respiratory air sacs, increases the efficiency of respiration in birds

  3. In insects, circulating body fluids serve to distribute oxygen to tissues

  4. The principle of counter current flow facilities efficient respiration in gills of fishes


Correct Option: A

State if the following statement is True or False. Correct the False statement.
Our lungs eliminate metabolic wastes like urea from the body.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State if the following statement is True or False. Correct the False statement.
Bile pigments are the excretory products excreted by the lungs.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Serous membrane coverning of lung is?

  1. Pericardium

  2. Serosa

  3. Periosteum

  4. Pleura


Correct Option: D

Lungs do not collapse between breaths and some air always remains in the lungs which can never be expelled because.

  1. Pressure in the lungs is higher than the atmospheric pressure

  2. There is negative pressure in the lungs

  3. There is negative intrapleural pressure pulling at the lung walls

  4. There is positive intrapleural pressure


Correct Option: C

Lungs are not affected by the disease.

  1. Pneumonia

  2. Bronchitis

  3. Polio

  4. Asthma


Correct Option: C

In human beings the number of lobes in right and left lungs is?

  1. $2$ and $3$

  2. $2$ and $2$

  3. $3$ and $2$

  4. $4$ and $2$


Correct Option: C

The covering of the lung is called.

  1. Pericardium

  2. Perichondrium

  3. Pleural membrane/pleura

  4. Peritoneum


Correct Option: C

Capacity of human lungs for air in a healthy person is?

  1. $3000$ml

  2. $1500$ml

  3. $1000$ml

  4. $500$ml


Correct Option: A