Organs
Flow of Air
In and Out
Terms
Respiratory Disorders
100
The main organ of the respiratory system.
What is the lung?
100
Two ways air can enter the body?
What is the nasal cavity and mouth?
100
The gas that enters your body during breathing
What is oxygen?
100
A collection of organs whose primary function is to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
100
The most common type; characterized by the inflammation and swelling of the air passageways.
What is asthma?
200
The area of the throat that contains the vocal cords and produces vocal sounds
What is the larynx?
200
The passageway from the mouth to the larynx and esophagus
What is the pharynx?
200
The gas that exits your body during breathing
What is carbon dioxide?
200
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living cells and their environment
What is respiration?
200
The reason it is harder to breathe at higher elevations
What is lower oxygen levels in the air?
300
The passage from the mouth to the larynx and esophagus
What is the pharynx?
300
The long tube-like structure in your throat
What is the trachea?
300
The muscle that controls breathing
What is the diaphragm?
300
Tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
What is alveoli?
300
The addictive drug found in cigarettes
What is nicotine?
400
The tube connecting the larynx and the lungs
What is the trachea?
400
The smallest branches of the lungs
What are bronchioles?
400
The process in which the diaphragm contracts
What is inhaling?
400
The flap of skin that prevents food from enter the trachea
What is the epiglottis?
400
Wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath
What are symptoms of an asthma attack?
500
Two tubes connecting the lungs and trachea
What is bronchi?
500
Where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen
What is the alveoli?
500
The process in which the diaphragm relaxes
What is exhaling?
500
A thin membrane that covers the lungs
What is pleura?
500
A disorder that damages the lungs and destroys alveoli
What is emphysema?
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