Respiratory System
This is the opening to the trachea, sometimes called the Adam's apple
What is the Larynx
Malfunction often caused by smoking
Lung Cancer
The small vessels that surround alveolar sacs
What are capillaries
List 2 things in cigarette that are bad for you
tar
CO
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
This pulls down and causes air to rush into the chest cavity
Diaphragm
the small flap of soft tissue that closes off the trachea when you swallow
What is epiglottis
this substance lines your entire respiratory system and helps you move pathogens out...either through the nose or down your throat to your stomach
What is mucus
The voicebox
larynx
This type of blood carries more CO2 than O2
What is deoxygenated blood
Air sacs
Alveoli
The Primary pulmonary vessels
Pulmonary Veins and Arteries
Malfunction where the bronchial tubes are inflamed
Bronchitis
Gas enters the blood via this process
Diffusion
A wall of cartilage, completes the separation between the nares/openings
What is septal cartilage/Nasal Septum
Define RESPIRATION
The act of drawing in oxygen and letting out CO2 through gas exchange in the lungs
Tertiary airways
What are Bronchioles
Flap of tissue that covers the trachea to avoid choking
epiglottis
These flaps of tissue make your voice unique...as air passes through them
What is are vocal cords
Malfunction where airways narrow due to allergies
Asthma
Small moving hairlike structures that move mucous toward the back of the the throat.
What is cilia
Illness where the lungs fill with fluid
Pneumonia
If blood is oxygenated it has travelled this circulatory pathway
What is the pulmonary circuit