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NEET UG 2022 · Zoology · Question 165

NEET 2022 Zoology, question 165

Question 165 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Zoology question from Breathing and Exchange of Gases. Its idea, Anatomical Dead Space, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q165 · Zoology

Which of the following is not the function of conducting part of respiratory system ?

  1. 1Provides surface for diffusion of O2\mathrm{O_2} and CO2\mathrm{CO_2}Official answer
  2. 2It clears inhaled air from foreign particles
  3. 3Inhaled air is humidified
  4. 4Temperature of inhaled air is brought to body temperature

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Anatomical Dead Space

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

Anatomical Dead Space: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Breathing and Exchange of Gases in ten years of NEET

17 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.6 a paper. Mechanism of Breathing alone had 11.

Breathing and Exchange of Gases: questions per paper

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