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Factors affecting breathing - class-X

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The condition of compression of the chest or abdomen is known as 

  1. Perinatal asphyxia

  2. Compressive asphyxia

  3. Anoxia

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Compressive asphyxia (also called as chest compression) is mechanically limiting expansion of the lungs by compressing the torso, hence interfering with breathing. Compressive asphyxia occurs when the chest or abdomen is compressed posteriorly. In accidents, the term traumatic asphyxia or crush asphyxia usually refers to compressive asphyxia resulting from being crushed or pinned under a large weight or force. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Hypoxia causes .......... in healthy people which travel to high altitudes. 

  1. Breathing sickness

  2. Altitude sickness

  3. Asthma

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Altitude sickness is the negative health effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen(hypoxia) at high elevation. Hypoxia is the deficiency of an adequate supply of oxygen to the body tissues. It occurs due to reduced oxygen tension in arterial blood. Symptoms of altitude sickness may include headaches, vomiting, tiredness, trouble sleeping, and dizziness. Hence, Hypoxia causes altitude sickness in healthy people which travel to high altitudes.

So, the correct answer is 'altitude sickness'.

Which of the following are symptoms of generalized hypoxia? 

  1. Hallucinations

  2. Nausea

  3. Breathlessness

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Hypoxia is the deficiency of an adequate supply of oxygen to the body tissues. It occurs due to reduced oxygen tension in arterial blood. A condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (regional hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. The symptoms of generalized hypoxia include Nausea, Changes in the color of your skin, Confusion, Cough, Hallucinations, Fast heart rate, Rapid breathing, breathlessness, Sweating. Hence, hallucinations, nausea, and breathlessness are the symptoms of generalized hypoxia.

So, the correct answer is 'all the above'.

Mountain sickness results due to

  1. Anaemic hypoxia

  2. Arterial hypoxia

  3. Lack ofsufficient RBCs

  4. Lack ofsufficient WBCs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Arterial hypoxia (also known as hypoxiation or anoxemia) is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Hypoxia may be classified as either generalized, affecting the whole body, or local, affecting a region of the body. Generalized hypoxia occurs in healthy people when they ascend to high altitude, where it causes altitude sickness or mountain sickness leading to potentially fatal complications: high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral edema (HACE). Thus, option B is correct.

Ischemia is insufficient blood flow to tissues which can result in 

  1. Asphyxiation

  2. Hypoxia

  3. Anemia

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ischemia, meaning insufficient blood flow to a tissue, can also result in hypoxia. This is called as 'ischemic hypoxia'. This can include an embolic event, a heart attack that decreases overall blood flow, or trauma to a tissue that results in damage. An example of insufficient blood flow causing local hypoxia is gangrene that occurs in diabetes. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Perinatal asphyxia is seen in 

  1. Adults

  2. Old people

  3. Newborn infant

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Perinatal asphyxia is the medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen (hypoxia) to a newborn infant long enough to cause apparent harm. It results most commonly from a drop in maternal blood pressure or interference during delivery with blood flow to the infant's brain. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

The condition of deficiency of oxygen is known as 

  1. Pyrexia

  2. Hypoxia

  3. Anoxia

  4. Asphyxiation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Asphyxia occurs due to.

  1. Rise in level of $CO _2$

  2. Fall in level of $CO _2$

  3. Rise of $O _2$ level

  4. Fall in $O _2$ level


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following can respire in total absence of air (anoxybiosis)?

  1. Amoeba

  2. Bed bug

  3. Hydra

  4. Tapeworm


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tapeworms live in the human gut and can be up to 9 meters long. Parasites have specific features which enable them to survive in or on their host. They use anaerobic respiration, so that they can survive without oxygen.

The mountaineers carry oxygen with them because.

  1. At an altitude of more than $5$km there is no air

  2. The amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground

  3. The temperature of air is higher than that on the ground

  4. The pressure of air is higher than that on the ground


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The atmospheric pressure goes on decreasing as we go up above the sea level, and the amount of oxygen also decreases at higher altitude. 

So the correct option is 'The amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground.'

A condition in which body is deprived of adequate oxygen is called as

  1. Hyperventilation

  2. Hypoventilation

  3. Hypoxia

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Hypoxia is a condition of absence of enough amount of oxygen in the body tissues to sustain bodily function. This condition can occur due to low concentration of oxygen in the environment or due to inadequate breathing.
So, the correct answer is 'Hypoxia'.

Ravi, who lived at sea level, had around 5 million RBC per cubic millimeter of his blood. Later when he lived at an altitude of 18,000 ft, showed around 8 million RBC per cubic millimeter of blood. This is an adaptation because

  1. At high altitude, he ate more nutritive food.

  2. He had pollution free air to balance breathe.

  3. At high altitude O$ _2$ level is less, hence, more RBCs were required to absorb enough oxygen.

  4. At high altitude, there is more UV radiation which enhances RBCs production.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

At sea level, our blood is 98% saturated with oxygen and this decreases to 89% at 3000 metres and reaches as low as 40% on the summit of Everest. Red blood cell production increases, resulting in an increased haemoglobin concentration, which is required to pick up oxygen and transport it around the body. This mechanism enables the body to continue to deliver enough oxygen to each cell, despite the lower oxygen levels. 

When the oxygen supply to the tissues is inadequate, the condition is?

  1. Hypoxia

  2. Asphyxia

  3. Pleurisy

  4. Anoxia


Correct Option: A

Ascent of high mountains may cause altitude sickness in men. Prime cause of this is

  1. Excess of O$ _2$ in blood

  2. Decreased efficiency of haemoglobin

  3. Decreased partial pressure of oxygen

  4. Decreased proportion of oxygen in air


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Altitude sickness (also known as mountain sickness), is caused by gaining altitude too rapidly, which does not allow the body enough time to adjust to reduced oxygen and changes in air pressure, and causes hypobaric hypoxia (a lack of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body).

High percentage of $CO _2$ and very low percentage of $O _2$ may make a person unconscious due to.

  1. Eupnoea

  2. Emphysema

  3. Suffocation

  4. Asphyxia


Correct Option: D

Read the statements carefully and choose the option representing true statements.
(a) $pO _2$ in the atmospheric air does not change with altiude
(b) Most people who live at high altitude develop polycythemia due to hypoxia
(c) Excess inflation to the lungs is prevented by Hering-Breuer's reflex
(d) While transporting $CO _2$ in blood, blood does not become acidic due to presence of blood buffers.

  1. (a) & (c) only

  2. (b) & (c) only

  3. (a), (b) & (c) only

  4. (b), (c) & (d) only


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$pO _2$ of atmospheric air decreases with increasing altitude.

Most people living at high altitude develop polycythemia due to hypoxia as oxygen levels are low.
Hering Breuer's reflex prevent excessive inflation of lungs .
Blood has an efficient buffer system which resists the change in pH even after dissolution of carbon dioxide.
So the correct answer is '(b), (c) & (d) only '.

State whether the following statements are true or false.
The condition in which the body suffers from acute oxygen shortage is called hypoxia.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of oxygen due to the lack of oxygen supply at the tissue level. It is, therefore, the condition in which the body suffers from acute oxygen shortage. So, the correct option is 'True'.

When the blood contains a high percentage of $CO _2$ and a very low percentage of $O _2$ the breathing stops and the person becomes unconscious. This condition is known as.

  1. Suffocation

  2. Asphyxia

  3. Emphysema

  4. Eupnea


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Asphyxia is the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation. Asphyxia is caused by an injury or obstruction of airway passages. So, the correct answer is option B.

When oxygen supply to tissues is inadequate, the condition is?

  1. Dyspnoea

  2. Asphyxia

  3. Hypoxia

  4. Apnoea


Correct Option: C

What is usually present at the time of asphyxiation?

  1. Oxyhaemoglobin

  2. Methaemoglobin

  3. Carbaminohaemoglobin

  4. Haemoglobin without oxygen


Correct Option: D

A child was killed through asphyxiation. Postmortem confirmed it because a piece of lung put in water.

  1. Settled down

  2. Kept floating

  3. Had blood spots

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans?

  1. Quick diffusion cannot occur in so much cells at a time.

  2. All cells are not in contact of the atmosphere.

  3. Air containing intercellular spaces are absent.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Every living cell requires oxygen for performing cellular respiration. In unicellular organisms (e.g amoeba), the single cell is in direct contact with environment. Oxygen passes into it through diffusion. In simple multicellular organisms (e.g, hydra), every cell may take also oxygen through diffusion from environment. This is not possible in multicellular organisms like humans. The body is covered by dead cells. The living cells are not in contact with the external environment. Air containing intercellular spaces are absent. Therefore, quick diffusion cannot occur. Cell to cell diffusion is a very slow process. Passage of oxygen from lungs to toes through cell to cell diffusion will take about three years. Therefore, diffusion cannot meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Asphyxia occurs due to 

  1. Rise in level of ${CO _2}$

  2. Fall in level of ${CO _2}$

  3. Rise of ${O _2}$ level

  4. Fall in ${O _2}$ level


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects primarily the tissues and organs. There are many circumstances that can induce asphyxia, all of which are characterized by an inability of an individual to acquire sufficient oxygen through breathing for an extended period of time.

Diffusion is insufficient to meet .......... requirement of multicellular organisms like humans.

  1. Oxygen

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Nitrogen

  4. Water


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Multicellular organisms need oxygen to live. The multiple layer of cells in multicellular organism means that the surface area to volume ratio is low; so, diffusion happens slowly. If only diffusion would have been the source then only the outer layer of the body would get oxygen and the inner layers would be oxygen deprived.  So, the organism will die.

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