Parts of the Respiratory System
Part of the respiratory system that produces sound; known as the "voice box."
What is the larynx?
A passageway for both air and food is
What is the pharynx?"
Your body uses glucose and oxygen to produce energy during the process of
a. circulation. c. excretion.
b. digestion. d. respiration.
What is respiration?
The major organs of the excretory system are the
a. ureters. c. kidneys.
b. lungs. d. alveoli.
What are the kidneys?
The trachea is a part of both the respiratory system and the digestive system.
False- What is the pharynx?
The substances filtered out and reabsorbed into the blood through the alveoli
What are carbon dioxide and oxygen?
Which of the following does the respiratory system move into the body?
a. oxygen c. urea
b. glucose d. urine
What is oxygen?
Gas exchange occurs in the
a. alveoli. c. larynx.
b. diaphragm. d. nephrons.
What is alveoli?
The waste chemical that comes from the breakdown of proteins in the body is called
a. urethra. c. tar.
b. urea. d. glucose.
What is urea?
The urethra is the sacklike muscular organ that stores urine.
False- What is bladder?
Air tube that connects larynx to the bronchi- surrounded by cartilage rings
What is trachea?
Tiny hairlike structures that sweep mucus from the nose into the throat and stomach are called
What are cilia?
The chemical process called respiration takes place inside the body’s
What is cells?
Urine flows out of the kidneys through narrow tubes called
a. urethras. c. nephrons.
b. ureters. d. alveoli.
What are ureters?
Tar coats the cilia of a smoker and makes them clump together.
True
Tiny, thin-walled, grapelike clusters at the end of each bronchiole that are surrounded by capillaries for gas exchange.
What are alveoli?
The disease in which lung tissue is permanently destroyed is called
a. atherosclerosis. c. bronchitis.
b. diabetes. d. emphysema.
What is emphysema?
____________ is the dark sticky substance produced when tobacco burns
What is tar?
Which are organs of excretion?
a. kidneys, skin, lungs
b. kidneys, stomach, heart
c. kidneys, pancreas, liver
What are the kidneys, skin, and lungs?
The passages that direct air into the lungs are the bronchi.
True
Two short tubes that branch off the lower end of the trachea and carry air into the lungs
What are bronchi?
A colorless, odorless gas that is produced when tobacco is burned is
a. smoke. c. nicotine.
b. oxygen. d. carbon monoxide.
What is carbon monoxide?
Air moves into the lungs primarily due to the action of rib muscles and the
a. diaphragm c. alveoli
b. nose d. larynx
What is the diaphragm?
The organs of excretion that are important for
maintaining water balance in the body are
What are the kidneys?
Carbon dioxide is a colorless odorless gas produced from the burning of tobacco.
False- carbon monoxide