UPPER RESPIRATORY
What is the two pathways needed to breathe?
The nasal, and oral cavities.
What is the thousands of alveoli in the lungs stretched out to the size of?
Options: 1.) football field 2.) baseball field 3.) tennis court 4.) the length of 4 Joshs
Tennis Court
True or False the Diaphragm is a muscle.
True
What is asthma?
Definition: Respiratory pathways become irritated, and bronchioles constrict, causing you not to be able to breathe.
True or false: The esophagus is part of the Respiratory System.
False
What is the Chemical Reaction that converts glucose from food to energy?
Celluar Respiration
What is the trachea covered in for protection?
Cartilaginous rings
What is pathways infected, causing intense coughing and production of mucus?
Bronchitis
What is both the nasal cavity, and the oral cavity connect to the what?
Pharynx
What is the third leading cause of death in the United States?
HINT: cancer
Lung Cancer
What is the part that the bronchioles branch off of?
The Bronchi.
What is Pneumonia?
Infection of the lungs causes alveoli to collect mucus.
What is the purpose of the epiglottis, what does it protect?
The airway
What is the process of exhaling?
The diagram relaxes, and moves out the mouth
True or False are capillaries on the outside or inside of the alveoli sacks?
True
What is COPD?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstruction of the airway.
Name four parts of the respiratory system.
Oral cavity, nasal cavity, sinus, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis
What is the process of inhaling?
The Diagram contracts, causing the lungs to expand.
Name four parts in the lower respiratory system?
Trachea,Lungs,Alveoli,Aleoviles, Capillaries, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Pleura, Ribs, Diaphragm, Pulmonary veins.
What is emphysema?
It develops over time, and causes gradual damage of lung tissue, and alveoli.