What is a common thing that people do to relieve stress that hurts your lungs?
What is smoking
100
What is the part of the respiratory system that is a strong curved muscle attached to the lower ribs and backbone?
What is the diaphragm
200
What are tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli?
What is capillaries
200
What is the difference between inhaling and exhaling?
What is inhaling is breathing IN, and exhaling is breathing OUT
200
What respiratory problem causes the muscles around the bronchial tubes to tighten more than normal? This makes it hard for the person to breath.
What is asthma
200
What is the flap of tissue that covers the trachea when a person swallows?
What is the epiglottis
300
Where does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?
What is in the alveoli
300
The amount of air that can be taken into the lungs with one breath is called...
LUNG CAPACITY
300
What factors can weaken someone's lung capacity?
What is smoking, not exercising, being over-weight, not sleeping enough
300
What are sac-like organs that replace the carbon dioxide in your blood with oxygen?
What is the lungs
400
Which muscles change the space and pressure in side the body to allow breathing?
What is chest muscles and the diaphram
400
This type of breathing you can control for a short time
What is voluntary breathing
400
What is bronchitis?
What is an infection of the bronchi
400
What is another term for the voice box?
What is the larynx
500
What three locations have mucus and cilia that help keep the respiratory system clean?
What is nose, trachea, and bronchi
500
Which part of the body CONTROLS breathing
What is the brain
500
Why is smoking harmful?
What is smoke contains poisonous chemicals that harm the lungs and other parts of the body. As the smoke particles get in the lungs and cool, they form a sticky tar that keeps the cilia from working properly. The smoke can also keep the alveoli from working properly.