Heart
What blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
Where gases are exchanged between the air and the blood?
Alveoli
What blood vessels are the smallest and thinnest?
Capillaries
You can only contract Asthma as a child?
False
What in the lungs are described as grapes?
Alveoli
The area where your heart is located.
Thorax
Inflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes?
Bronchitis
What happens to veins as they get closer to the heart.
They get bigger
Disorder in which respiratory passages become inflamed?
Asthma
Name 4 ways you can keep the respiratory system healthy.
Avoid smoking / air pollution, Treat asthma,Avoid respiratory infections, Maintain a healthy weight
There are four valves inside the heart name three of them.
Tricuspid, Mitral or bicuspid, Pulmonary, and Aortic
Diaphragm moves upward / rib muscles relax and the ribs drop?
Exhalation
Where do veins receive the blood they carry back to the heart?
From the capillaries
What really happens during an asthma attack?
Asthma slowly narrowing the airways
Muscles around bronchial tubes tighten causing airwaves to constrict even more.
Thick mucus is produced within the bronchial tubes which results in coughing and slows the passage of air even further.
What 2 things is the respiratory system responsible for?
1. Bringing the oxygen from the outside environment into the body.
2. Removes carbon dioxide from the body.
The area where your heart is located.
Thorax
A chronic inflammatory disorder involving constriction of the muscles lining the bronchial airways.
Asthma
Which blood vessels are the most common?
Capillaries
Give two symptoms of asthma.
Cough, Weezing ,Chest tightness, Shortness of breath
What four parts of the respiratory system does air pass through on its way to the lungs?
nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi
Is determined by the proteins present on the surface of the red blood cells?
A persons blood type.
Is an extra sound, in addition to the lub-dub, a doctor hears when listening to a heartbeat.
Heart murmur
Name the artery that transport the blood directly from the heart.
Aorta
Asthma medicines act to reduce the swelling and mucus production in the_________?
Airways
How does exercise help your lungs?
It improves your lung capacity.