Respiratory system
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Commonly called the windpipe, this structure is strengthened by rings of cartilage.

trachea

100

smaller branches from the bronchi that enter the lungs

Bronchioles

100

This process is the result of air rushing into the lungs

Inhalation

100

from the air sacs/alveoli, where does the oxygen pass into the blood from which blood vessel?

the capillaries

100

What is the number one cause of lung disease/damage?

Smoking

200

These air passages divide from the windpipe at the bottom of the trachea.

bronchi

200

The voicebox

larynx

200

This pulls down and causes air to rush into the chest cavity

Diaphragm 

200

Bones that protect the lungs

the Rib cage

200

This happens when something irritates your nose

Sneeze

300

What is the name of the large muscle (singular) that pulls air into the lungs?

The diaphragm

300

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

respiration

300

During inhalation what does the diaphragm do?

Contracts

300

Hollow organ that allows you to talk and make sounds when air moves in and out

the Larynx

300

Physical activity causes breathing rate to do what?

Increase

400

What are the tiny hairs that move back and forth along the trachea called?

Cilia

400

where oxygen and carbon dioxide change places in the lungs

the alveoli/air sacs

400

In diffusion ( e.g. at the alveoli)...particles move from ____ to ____ concentration 

High to low

400

The part of the respiratory system that is connected to the nose and mouth and is shared with the digestive system.

Pharynx

400

What is the sticky coating that is secreted by cells along your respiratory tract?

Mucus

500

What are the tiny balloon-like sacs that look like bunches of grapes where carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen?

Alveoli

500

What is minute ventilation? 

Ventilation is measured as minute ventilation. This is calculated by multiplying the number of breaths you take in a minute (RR) by the amount of air you breathe in or out with each breath (TV).

500

What is tidal volume

The amount of air that moves in or out of the lungs with each respiratory cycle (inhale and exhale)

500

What is the main organ of the respiratory system?

Lungs

500

Name two thing that nose hairs do.

1. Keeps pathogens out of the nose

2. Warms the air going in

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