Respiratory System
This is the flap of tissue that covers the trachea when swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
This sound is caused by air entering that cannot move freely and causes parts of the mouth and throat to vibrate and hit together
What is snore?
The smaller tubes that branch off from the bronchi are called ________.
What are bronchial tubes?
This is an infection of the bronchi
What is bronchitis?
How are speech and sound created?
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This is also known as the throat
What is the pharnyx?
This is an irritation to the lining of the airways that causes air to be violently released through the mouth
What is a cough?
The alveoli are surrounded by ____, which are tiny blood vessels.
What are capillaries?
This disorder causes the small bronchial tubes to become narrow from time to time
What is asthma?
What affects the pitch coming from the vocal cords?
thickness and length of vocal cords
This is the windpipe; the tube that leads to the lungs
What is the trachea?
This occurs when the diaphragm muscle contacts quickly, causing short breaths of air; the sudden closure of the epiglottis
What is a hiccup?
The smallest tubes end in tiny air sacs, or ____, where oxygen and CO2 are exchanged.
What are alveoli?
This is a lung infection
What is pneumonia?
Why is smoking harmful?
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These are the tiny hairlike structures that line your nasal passages as well as most of the respiratory system
What are cilia?
This occurs when irritation to the lining of the airways causes air to be violently released through the nose
What is a sneeze?
_____ passes through the walls of the alveoli into the blood in the capillaries.
What is oxygen?
Name one disease that can affect the body's ability to breathe
What is Colds, flu, strep throat, bronchitis, or pneumonia?
These three are part of the upper respiratory system
What are the throat, larynx, and nose?
This is also known as the voice box and contains vocal cords
What is the larnyx?
This occurs when students cut tiny pieces of paper and leave them on the floor for Mrs. Welch to pick up
What is annoy Mrs.Welch?
The carbon dioxide in your body needs to be _____ from your body. The exchange of gas is called breathing, or ____.
What are exhaled and respiration?
This is the nature we inherited from our first father
What is sin?
What is lower?