Respiratory System
What is the respiratory system responsible for?
The respiratory system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What does the diaphragm do? (other than contracting)
Separates the abdomen from the chest.
Where is the nose and mouth located
How many type of Bronchi are there
There are 4 types
What is the diaphragm?
the is a large flat muscle
During inhalation, the ______ contracts and the rib cage rises up.
diaphragm
What are the Bronchi?
The two large tubes that carry air from your windpipe to your lungs.
Where is the lungs located?
In between the ribs
What is the first type of Bronchi.
The Primary Bronchi
What dose the diaphragm do?
it contracts when inhaling and exhaling
What is a hiccup?
Involuntary contractions of the diaphragm.
What is the trachea?
The windpipe.
Where is the Bronchi located
At the beginning of the lungs
what is the 4th type of bronchi?
bronchioles
why are the lungs important?
they bring air to the body
What stops food and air from going to the wrong place?
The Epiglottis
What is the Alveoli and what does it do?
A tiny air sac of the lungs that allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
Where is the trachea located
At the beginning part of the bronchi before it separates.
What is the 2 type of bronchi?
secondary bronchi
what are the two types of air inhaled and exhaled
O2 and CO2
What are the requirements for respiration to occur?
Co2 and Oxygen
What does the Medulla Oblongata do?
Monitors carbon dioxide in the blood.
What is the main component of the air.
O2
What is a disease that effects bronchi?
inflammation of the tubes
Can we survive without the respiratory system?
we can not