206 RESPIRATION 



QUESTIONS FOR TOPICAL REVIEW 



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1. What is the object of respiration ? 177 



2. What are the special organs of respiration.? 177 



3. In what organs does a change in the blood'take place ? 177 



4. What is the nature of the change ? 177 



5. Where are the lungs situated, and what is the character of the sub- 



stance of which they are composed ? 177, 178 



6. Describe the facilities provided for the lung movements 178 



7. Describe the trachea, or windpipe 178-181 



8. Describe the bronchial tubes, and their uses 178, 179 



9. What can you state in relation to the epiglottis ? . . 180 



10. What are the cilia, and what use do they probably serve ? 181 



11. How may the lungs be affected by not being properly protected ? 182 



12. Describe the movements necessary to the act of perfect respiration . 182, 183 



13. What is the diaphragm, and what is its office ? 182, 183 



14. How may the organs of respiration be so improved as to increase their 



capacity and power ? 182 



15. What is stated in relation to the frequency of respiration ? 183 



16. To what extent may the act of respiration be subjected to our wills?. 1H4 



17. What may be said to be the capacity of the lungs ? 184 



18. How long does it take every particle of air in the lungs to be expelled 



and new air to take its place ? 184 



19. What would be the consequences, if the entire capacity of the lungs 



were constantly used ? 184, 185 



20. What would be the consequences to a fish put into water from which 



the air had been completely exhausted ? Why ? , 185 



21. What is the air, and what are its parts ? 185, 186 



22. What is the character of the air that has been just breathed ? 186 



23. Why is it that such air is not fit for respiration ? 180-188 



24. What are the effects, as recorded in notable cases of confinement in 



places the air of which has been breathed " over and over " ?. . . 187, 188 



25. What can you state of changes in the blood from respiration ? 188 



26. What of the air as an article of food ? ". 188, 189 



27. What on the subject of interchange of gases in the lungs? 189 



28. Explain the difference between arterial and venous blood 189, 190 



29. Explain, if you can, the cause of the difference 190 



30. State what you can in relation to blue blood 190 



31. In relation to the amount of labor exerted in respiration 190, 191 



32. In relation to the deleterious properties of different gases 191 



33. In relation to the dust that floats in the air 192 



34. What are the properties of carbonic acid gas ? 193, 194 



35. In what places is carbonic acid gas commonly found ? 194 



36. Describe the effects of carbonic acid gas 194 



37. What are the general effects of breathing any impure atmos- 



phere ? 194-196 



38. What are Nature's provisions for purifying the air? 197-199 



39. What hints and directions are given on the subject of ventilation ? 199, 200 



40. How does the temperature of the body compare with the medium in 



which it lives ? 201 



41. How is temperature of the body regulated and sustained ? 202, 203 



42. State what you can on the subject of spontaneous combustion 203 



