Name that structure
How does it work?
Where does that happen?
Fun Questions
Straight from the quiz
100
A fancy name for the throat?
What is the pharynx?
100
Vocal cords produce sound by...?
What is vibrating because of the passing air?
100
Where air is filtered, warmed and moistened?
What is the nose?
100
The right lung is slightly larger than the left or the left lung is slightly larger than the right?
What is the right lung is slightly larger than the left. The heart takes up space on the left.
100
What is the basic function of the human respiratory system?
What is to exhange gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)?
200
A fancy name for the voice box?
What is larynx? la la la la laaaaa
200
air moves into the lungs because air moves from an area of _____ pressure to ____ pressure?
What is high pressure to low pressure?
200
The structure where both air and food pass through?
What is the pharynx/throat?
200

The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a. a tennis court. b. a queen size bed

What is a. tennis court?

200
air is forced into the lungs by the contraction of the a. alveoli b. bronchi c. diaphragm d. heart
What is c. diaphragm?
300
The trachea is also known as the ...?
What is the windpipe?
300
Oxygen diffuses into the capillaries because it moves from an area of _____ concentration to ____ concentration?
What is high concentration to low concentration?
300
Your ability to sing, shout and speak come from vocal cords located within the...?
What is larynx?
300
A person at rest usually breathes between a. 50 to 60 times a minute b. 12 to 15 times a minute. c. 20 to 25 times a minute
What is b. 12 to 15 times a minute?
300
Inhaled air passes from the trachea to one of the two a.alveoli b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. larynx
What is b. bronchi?
400
The structure that prevents the passage of food from the pharynx into the lungs?
What is the epiglottis?
400
The lung volume changes because of the muscle underneath it called...?
What is the diaphragm?
400
The structure where gas exchange occurs?
What is the alveoli?
400
The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is a. 50 mph b. 80 mph c. 102 mph
What is c. 102 mph?
400
Why is it better to inhale through your nose than through your mouth?
What is because air is filtered in the nose through the nose hairs and mucous?
500
The name of the structure that carries air from the trachea to the lungs?
What is the bronchi?
500
How is it possible that food can come out of your nose?
What is the nose, mouth and esophagus connect through the pharynx so food can come back up into the nose or mouth?
500
oxygen diffuses from alveoli into the __________ the surround them?
What is capillaries?
500
True or False: We lose half a liter of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapor we see when we breathe onto glass.
What is true?
500
List in order the structures of the respiratory system through which air passes from the outside environment to the alveoli
What is nose/mouth -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea -> bronchi -> bronchioles -> alveoli
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