Parts of the System
this is the body's air filtering system
what is nose and nasal passages
The Pharynx is also known as the...
What is the throat
A common illness that gives people the side effects including runny nose, sore throat,coughing and congestion
What is a Common Cold
Oxygen diffuses from the lungs into the bloodstream in this process .
What is pulmonary diffusion?
How many lobes does each lung have?
Right = 3 Left = 2
this is called the windpipe
what is trachea
this is a pair of air-filled organs on each side of the chest
What is the Lungs
This is a chronic or acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes
What is Bronchitis
What is the function of the mucus membrane that lines the nasal cavities?
what is moisten and warm the air?
What fluid lubricates the lungs?
What is Serous?
this is spongy, elastic and very light
what is lungs
this is a muscular tube. It takes food from the pharynx to the stomach
Esophagus
Caused by bacterial or fungal infection of the sinus cavities and inflammation of the sinus cavities usually associated with infection. Common during flu season.
What is a Sinus Infection
What are the organs of the upper respiratory tract?
What is the Nose, nasal cavity, sinuses, pharynx?
Where does air go after it leaves the trachea (when inhaling)?
What is the Primary Bronchi?
this is a dome-shaped sheet of muscle
what is diaphragm
This is a thin-walled tube between the larynx and the bronchi and it conducts air to the lungs.
What is the Trachea
A type of cancer you get in your respiratory system where abnormal cells grow out of control in the lungs.
What is Lung Cancer?
What are the organs of the lower respiratory tract?
What is the Larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs?
What structure resembles a bunch of grapes?
What is Alveoli
this is another word for voice box
what is larynx
elastic cartilage which prevents food from entering the trachea is known as the
What is the Epiglottis
a bacterial infection in the respiratory tract, can be contagious and common for babies to catch.
What is Whooping Cough
Air travels from the pharynx to the ________ to the _____ and finally to the ______ where oxygen is exchanged with the blood stream.
what is trachea, bronchi, alveoli?
Why is the first breath of a newborn the most difficult?
Lack of surfactant, they Did not use lungs in the womb, so they are not inflated.