Respiratory System 1
The membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the esophagus (also called throat)
What is pharynx?
This is the opening to the trachea. (also called voicebox)
What is the larynx?
Cells use oxygen and produce _______?
What is carbon dioxide?
In order to live and function, every cell needs _____.
What is oxygen?
Which part of your body controls breathing?
What is the brain?
The tiny blood vessels that surround alveolar sacs.
What are capillaries?
Strong curved muscle attached to lower ribs and backbone below the lungs. It is part of respiratory system because it helps move air in and out of lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
The small flap of soft tissue that closes off the trachea when you swallow.
What is epiglottis?
Breathing that you can think about and control for a short time.
A large tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
What is trachea?
Tiny moving hair like structures that line the nasal passages and most of the respiratory system. They move mucous toward the back of the the throat.
What is cilia?
Tiny air sacs in the lungs
What are alveoli?
Irritation to the lining of the airways causes air to be violently released through the nose in a ________.
What is a sneeze?
Illness where the bronchial tubes are inflamed.
What is bronchitis?
Which parts of the respiratory system and saclike organs that replace carbon dioxide in your blood with oxygen?
What are lungs?
Illness caused when lungs become infected
What is pneumonia?
This type of blood carries more CO2 than O2.
What is deoxygenated blood?
The act of supplying oxygen for the trillions of cells in the body and to remove CO2 gas produced by cellular activities.
What is respiration?
The sound caused by air that cannot move freely and causes parts of the mouth and throat to vibrate and hit together.
What is snoring?
Smaller branches from the bronchi that enter the lungs.
What are bronchioles?
These flaps of tissue make your voice unique... As air from the lungs pass through them.
What are vocal cords?
A respiratory disorder that often causes muscles around the bronchial tubes to tighten more than normal, making it hard for a person to breathe.
What is asthma?
The pitch of a sound you make depends on the ______ and ________ of your vocal cords.
What is length and thickness?
Where does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?
What is in the alveoli?
Which muscles change the space and pressure inside the body to allow breathing?
What is diaphragm and chest muscles?