Vocabulary
Tiny hairlike structures lining the nasal passages and most of the respiratory system
Whare are cilia?
Saclike organs that replace carbon dioxide in the blood with oxygen
What are the lungs?
What is asthma?
Muscles that change the space and pressure inside the body to allow breathing
What are the diaphragm and chest muscles?
Identify parts 1 and 2
What are the nose and mouth?
Tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli
What are capilaries?
The voicebox
What is the larynx?
When the lungs become infected
What is pneumonia?
Every cell needs _____ to survive and produce _____
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?
Identify parts 7 and 8
What are the bronchi and the lungs?
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
What are the alveoli?
The throat
What is the pharynx
What is a snore?
Explain the difference between inhaling and exhaling
Inhaling - breathing in oxygen & other gases
Exhaling - breathing out
Identify parts 12 and 13
What are the larynx and trachea?
Two tubes that branch off the trachea
What are bronchi?
The windpipe
What is the trachea?
Violent release of air through the nose due to irritation to the lining of the airways
Explain the difference between involuntary and voluntary breathing
Involuntary - breathing you don't think about doing
Voluntary - breathing you think about and control for a short time
Identify part 9
What is the pharynx?
Flap of tissue that covers the trachea when a person swallows
What is the epiglottis?
Part of body controlling breathing
What is the brain?
What are the cilia and the alveoli?
These characteristics of the vocal cords affect the pitch of sound you make
What are the length and thickness?
Identify part 11
What is the epiglottis?