Functions
To move fresh air into your body while getting rid of waste gases.
What is the function of the respiratory system?
Under the lungs.
Where is the diaphragm located?
Smoking, welding fumes, and air pollution.
What are some of the causes of lung cancer?
Caused by an influenza virus.
What is the cause of influenza/the flu?
The windpipe.
What is another name for the trachea?
To allow inspired and expired air in and out of the lung.
What is the function of the trachea?
Is located in your throat.
Where is the pharynx located?
Caused by a virus that causes inflammation of the membranes that line the nose and throat.
What is the cause of the common cold?
Mainly caused by an injury to the lung, air blisters (blebs) in the lungs that pop will send air out around the lungs.
What are causes of a collapsed lung?
The voice box.
What is another name for the larynx?
Tp guide air coming in from your nose or mouth down your larynx towards your lungs and trachea
What is the function of the pharynx?
Inside neck just above the windpipe and in front of the oesophagus.
Where is the larynx located?
Caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What is the cause of tuberculosis?
Mainly caused by car accidents, sports injuries, or falls. severe or prolonged coughing can also cause this.
What is the cause of a bruised rib?
Because no matter how hard you exhale, they're always full of one liter of air.
Why aren't your lungs ever empty?
To contract and flatten the chest cavities, this helps you breathe in and out.
What is the function of the diaphragm?
At the end of the bronchial tubes.
where is the alveoli located?
Caused by a bacterial, viral or fungal infection.
What is the cause of pneumonia?
Caused by a faulty gene that a child inherits from both of their parents.
What is the main cause of cystic fibrosis?
Your left lung to accommodate to the heart.
Which lung is smaller than the other?
To protect the lower respiratory tract from accidentally letting food, liquids, or other materials from entering the lungs.
What is the function of the larynx?
At the inferior edge of the larynx and it attaches to the left stem of the bronchus.
Where is your trachea located?
Caused by smoking, genetics, and welding fumes.
What are the causes of COPD? (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Can be caused by a blood clotting disorder, lung cancer, and tuberculosis.
What are some causes of hemothorax?
Your lungs.
What is the only organ in the respiratory system that can float?