Which of the Choices Below Is Not a Functional Process

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the choices below is not a functional process performed by the respiratory system?

• A)external respiration
• B)pulmonary respiration
• C)pulmonary ventilation
• D)transport of respiratory gases

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Definitions:

Unconscious Information Processing

The handling and reaction to information by the brain without conscious awareness.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information.

Hypnagogic Sensations

Experiences that occur at the onset of sleep, characterized by vivid sensory phenomena such as seeing shapes, hearing noises, or feeling as if falling.

Sleep Spindles

Sudden bursts of oscillatory brain activity visible on an EEG that occur during stage 2 of NREM sleep, associated with memory consolidation and synaptic plasticity.