Respiratory Organs
What organ brings air into your body and allows you to smell?
What is the nose
What is the name for breathing air into your lungs?
What is inhalation?
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called?
What are alveoli?
What common condition can make someone wheeze and have trouble breathing? (on the review)
What do you use to cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze?
What is a tissue or elbow?
What two organs take oxygen into the blood?
What are the lungs?
What is the name for breathing air out of your lungs?
What is exhalation?
What is the main job of the alveoli?
To exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What habit can seriously damage the lungs over time?
What is smoking?
What tiny hairs in the airways help move mucus and trapped particles out of the lungs?
What are cilia
What are the small airways that branch off from the bronchi called?
What happens to the diaphragm when you breathe out normally?
It relaxes and moves upward.
What tiny blood vessels surround the alveoli?
What are capillaries?
What disease causes repeated pauses in breathing during sleep?
What is sleep apnea?
You inhale pepper by accident and start coughing like crazy. What is your body's goal?
To push out the flakes by coughing
Put these in order: alveoli, nose, trachea, bronchi.
Nose → trachea → bronchi → alveoli.
Why do your ribs move outward when you take a deep breath?
Your chest cavity expands to make room for the lungs
What happens to oxygen after it passes through the alveoli?
It enters the bloodstream.
This condition is a lung infection caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, or pathogens, presenting with fever, chills, and a productive cough.
What is tuberculosis?
Why can breathing at high altitudes be more difficult?
There is less oxygen pressure available in the air.
What happens if a person's airway becomes blocked?
Air cannot reach the lungs properly, making breathing difficult.
Why does your breathing get faster when you exercise?
Your body needs more oxygen and must remove more carbon dioxide.
Why are alveoli good at exchanging gases?
They have thin walls and a large surface area.
How can smoking damage the respiratory system over time?
What is damage to the lungs?
Why do athletes breathe harder during intense exercise?
Their muscles need more oxygen and produce more carbon dioxide.