Vocabulary
Respiratory Man
Processes
Talking, etc
Other stuff
100
What do you call how fast you breathe?
Breathing rate
100
What are the two main branches that connect the windpipe to the lungs called?
The Bronchial Tubes
100
What is the process of pushing air out of the body called?
exhaling
100
What are the rubber bands in your windpipe called?
The vocal cords
100
True or false: You can cure the hiccups by eating a ton of sugar
False
200
What is the body part that connects the mouth to the bronchial tubes?
Windpipe
200
What are the pair of spongelike organs called that are mainly responsible for you being able to breathe?
The lungs
200
What is it called when your body has a sudden contraction of a muscle?
spasm
200
What are two things that can change the way that words sound?
Your tongue, roof of the mouth, lips, cheeks or nasal passage
200
When you exhale, you get rid of carbon dioxide and what other gas?
Water vapor
300
What are the tiny, thin-walled, bubble-like round things at the end of the branches in the lungs?
air sacs
300
Where does air get warmed up before it can reach your windpipe?
The nose or mouth
300
What is the process of taking air into the body called?
Inhaling
300
True or false: You need to tighten your vocal cords to sing a high note
True
300
What covers your windpipe to make the "hic" noise?
a flap of skin
400
What is the gas that can build up in your blood stream if you hold your breath?
Carbon Dioxide
400
What is the name of the muscle that separates the stomach from the chest?
The diaphragm
400
What is the process of taking oxygen as fresh air into the body and pushing used air out of it called?
What is breathing?
400
What is the material that allows the windpipe to be flexible? Hint: It is the same thing that allows your nose to bend.
Cartilage
400
Waste gasses collect in cells after what is released?
energy
500
What is the basic unit that makes up all living things called?
the cell
500
What is the scientific word for windpipe?
Trachea
500
What is the process of body cells using oxygen for energy and creating carbon dioxide and other waste gasses called?
Respiration
500
What is the scientific name for the voicebox?
The larynx
500
One cause of the hiccups is when the stomach is what?
stretched
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