Structure
Where we want air to enter
What is the nose?
This carries air and food
What is the pharynx?
What are the nose and mouth?
What is the voicebox?
Breathing during talking or exercising is controlled by this
What are muscles?
This covers the larynx when swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
This is where gases are exchanged
What are alveoli?
Air flows from the nose to this area
What is the pharynx?
What is the windpipe?
Alveoli move oxygen here
What are red blood cells?
This branches off into two tubes at the trachea
What is bronchi?
What is the nose?
From the pharynx, air flows here
What is the larynx?
The amount of air exchanged in a normal breath
What is tidal volume?
What is the hypothalamus?
Branches of the bronchi
What are bronchioles?
What are conchae?
From the larynx, air flows here
What is the trachea?
What are Goblet cells?
The most important factor that stimulates breathing
What is an increase in CO2?
What is the pharynx?
Carries air from the upper respiratory system into the bronchi
What is the trachea?
From the bronchi, air flows into these
What are bronchioles?
Tissue in the pharynx that filter debris
What are tonsils?
The throat