WHO/WHAT AM I?
DEFINITIONS
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
DIAGRAM
100
I ENTER THROUGH THE NOSE AND MOUTH
WHAT IS AIR?
100
DIAPHRAGM
WHAT IS THE DOME SHAPED MUSCLE THAT FORMS THE BOTTOM OF THE CHEST AREA THAT CONTRACTS WHEN YOU INHALE.
100
THE THICK STICKY FLUID THAT TRAPS DUST
WHAT IS MUCUS?
100
#11
WHAT ARE THE AIR SACS/ALVEOLI?
200
I AM THE TINY GROUP AT THE END OF THE BRONCHIOLES.
WHAT IS THE AIR SACS?
200
TRACHEA
WHAT IS IT CARRIES AIR FROM THE LARYNX TO THE LUNGS?
200
THE MEMBRANE LINED CAVITY BEHIND THE NOSE AND MOUTH
WHAT IS THE PHARYNX?
200
#6
WHAT IS THE DIAPHRAGM?
300
I AM ALSO CALLED AIR SACS
WHAT IS ALVEOLI
300
BRONCHIOLES
WHAT ARE THE TUBES THAT BRANCH OUT FROM THE BRONCHI?
300
THE TINY HAIRLIKE STRUCTURES ON THE LINING OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THAT WAVES RAPIDLY AND PUSHES MUCUS TO THE THROAT
WHAT IS CILIA?
300
#3
WHAT IS THE LARYNX?
400
I WARM AND MOISTEN THE AIR.
WHAT ARE THE SINUSES?
400
ALVEOLI
WHAT ARE ALSO CALLED AIR SACS THAT ARE AT THE END OF THE BRONCHIOLES WHERE OXYGEN ENTERS THE BLOOD AND CARBON DIOXIDE LEAVES THE BLOOD?
400
THE TUBES BEFORE THE BRONCHIOLES
WHAT IS BRONCHI?
400
#5 AND #9
WHAT ARE THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRONCHI?
500
I AM THE MUSCLE THAT CONTRACTS TO GIVE YOU MORE SPACE IN YOUR LUNGS WHEN YOU INHALE.
WHAT IS THE DIAPHRAGM?
500
CILIA
WHAT ARE THE TINY HAIRLIKE STRUCTURES THAT CLEANS THE AIR BY WAVING WHICH PUSHES MUCUS TO THE THROAT?
500
WHERE OXYGEN ENTERS BLOOD AND CARBON DIOXIDE LEAVES THE BLOOD
WHAT ARE AIR SACS/ALVEOLI?
500
#8
WHAT IS THE TRACHEA?