Respiratory Funcitons
Vocabulary
Respiratory System
True/False
Diagrams A
Diagrams B
100
A flap that opens when you are breathing so that air can go down your trachea.
epiglottis
100
The thin membrane that protects the lungs and helps them slide back and forth during breathing.
pleura
100
A spongy organ in your chest that sits inside your ribs.
lung
100
Your body needs oxygen to release the energy from the nutrients in your cells.
True
100
The part labeled 1
nose
100
The part labeled 2
mouth
200
Sticky material in the trachea and bronchi that trap dust and smoke particles.
mucus
200
The sheet of muscle under the lungs that works with the rib muscles to make breathing possible.
diaphragm
200
The alveoli are covered in a network of these.
capillaries
200
Air is warmed, moistened, and filtered in the nose.
True
200
The part labeled 4
lung
200
The part labeled 8
trachea
300
Small hairs that line the respiratory tract and sweep dust and smoke away from the lungs.
cilia
300
It leads to both the trachea and the esophagus making it part of the digestive system and the respiratory system.
pharynx
300
When you breathe out, the diaphragm contracts and moves down. The rib cage gets smaller and air leaves the lungs.
False
300
The part labeled 6
diaphragm
300
The part labeled 7
pharynx
400
Rings of cartilage keep the ________ open so it doesn't collapse.
trachea
400
The part of the throat located behind the mouth and the nasal cavity and above the larynx.
pharynx
400
The part of the respiratory system that divides into smaller and smaller tubes that end in the alveoli.
bronchi
400
When oxygen and nutrients combine in your body to make ATP (energy) the only waste product produced is carbon dioxide.
False
400
the part labeled 11
alveoli
400
The part labeled 12
epiglottis
500
The voice box
larynx
500
The drawing in of air into the lungs.
inhalation
500
During gas exchange, the substance which passes from the alveoli into the bloodstream.
oxygen
500
The part labeled 13
capillaries
500
The part labeled 3
larynx