What Is the Respiratory Membrane and What Is Its Role

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the respiratory membrane and what is its role in ventilation?

• A) It lines the nasal cavity, where it serves to warm and moisten inspired air.
• B) It lines the bronchial tree, where it secretes a layer of protective mucus, which serves to purify air entering the respiratory tract.
• C) It consists of the alveolar epithelium, the capillary endothelium and their joined basement membranes; it provides the surface through which gas exchange occurs.
• D) It lines the thoracic cavity, where it aids in lung expansion.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

A type of learning process in which an individual's behavior is modified through reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

An educational mechanism involving the repeated combination of two stimuli, resulting in the first stimulus eventually eliciting a response that was originally elicited by the second stimulus.

Predictability

The ability to accurately forecast the future occurrence or behavior of an event based on current or past data.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral but triggers a conditioned response after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus.