Upper Respiratory Tract
It's the proper biological term for nostrils.
What are nares?
The largest tubes to branch off the trachea.
What are bronchi?
This muscle controls breathing and separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
An inflammation of the lining of your bronchial tubes.
What is bronchitis?
The number of chambers in a frog heart.
What is 3?
It is the last structure that is both part of the digestive and respiratory systems.
What is pharynx?
Similar to branches on a tree limb, these structures are an extensive passageway that extend into each lung.
What are bronchioles?
When this gas builds up in your blood, your brain signals for you to inhale.
What is carbon dioxide?
Inflammation of your voice box.
What is laryngitis?
A frog's primary organ for respiration.
What is skin?
This prevents food from entering the trachea.
What is epiglottis?
It's the amount of air a single lung can hold.
What is 4L?
Not food that's gone bad, but its another word for breathing out.
What is expiration?
A condition in which your airways narrow and swell.
What is asthma?
The common opening for digestive, urinary and reproductive systems in the frog.
What is cloaca?
What is cartilage?
Millions in each lung greatly increase the surface area for maximum gas exchange.
What are alveoli?
Although it might also be motivating, it's also another word for breathing in.
What is inspiration?
An infection in which the alveoli fill with pus and other fluid. Caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
What is pneumonia?
Unlike a human's, this structure is attached at the front in frogs.
What is tongue?
These thin bones project into the nasal cavity to increase the surface area.
What are turbinate bones?
The singular of alveoli.
What is alveolus?
What are intercostal muscles?
A genetic (inherited) disease that causes sticky, thick mucus to build up in organs, including your lungs.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Like a sternum, it protects the heart in frogs.
What is coracoid?