Breathing Room
Name 3 parts of the body that helps to move air through the lungs
What are the
1. diaphragm
2. ribs
3. rib muscles
waste that the respiratory system gets rid of
What is
1. carbon dioxide
2. water vapor
3. energy (heat)
the microscopic hairs in the nose
What are cilia?
another name for throat
What is pharynx?
when does choking happen
What is when food enters the trachea (windpipe)?
oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the lungs and blood in this part of the lungs
What is the alveoli?
lungs take up more space when you ____
What is inhale?
the purpose of exhaling
What is to get rid of or release carbon dioxide, water, heat?
another name for windpipe
What is trachea?
air enters the body here
What is the nose and mouth?
oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the body
What is respiration?
lungs take up less space when you _____
What is exhale?
What are the alveoli?
another name for voice box
What is larynx?
3 body systems need to work together in order for respiration to occur
when air pressure is high in the lungs the body will _____.
What is exhale?
Your body inhales so that ______ can enter your body.
What is oxygen?
3 ways the respiratory system modifies air before it reaches the lungs
What are cleans, moistens, and warms air?
Air moves through the _______ passages that direct air into the lungs.
What are bronchi?
What is breathing is mechanical and respiration is chemical?
air we breathe is made of 3 things
What is
1. oxygen
2. nitrogen
3. carbon dioxide
the job of mucus in your nose and nasal passages
What is to trap dirt and to moisten respiratory tissue?
The sound of your voice is produced when ___________.
What is when air rushes past the vocal cords causing them to vibrate creating sound?
list the path of air (must have 5)
What is nose-> pharynx(throat)-> trachea(windpipe)-> bronchi-> lungs?
define respiration
What is the process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a series of chemical reactions inside cells?