What are the lungs?
What is the process of bringing oxygen into the body called? Give me both terms
Inspiration & Inhalation
The cells in our body need oxygen to what?
Stay alive
What main part of the respiratory system starts with the letter "N" ?
Nose
What is the tube for food only called?
Esophagus
Air enters the respiratory system through what two body parts?
Mouth and Nose
What is the process of sending carbon dioxide out of the lungs called?
Expiration & Exhalation
Oxygen is breathed in, while carbon dioxide is what?
Breathed out
What main part of the respiratory system starts with the letter "M" ?
Mouth
What is the tiny flap of tissue that covers the air only tube so that you can swallow food and liquid from entering the lungs called?
Epiglottis
What is the entrance to the nose called?
Nostrils
What is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide called?
Respiration
When you breathe in, what part of the respiratory system moves "downward".
Diaphragm
What main part of the respiratory system starts with the letter "P" ?
Pharynx
What are the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles?
Alveoli
What happens to the air when it enters the nostrils?
The air is warmed and humidified.
What is the proper term for the voice box?
Larynx
During what motion, does the diaphragm move "upward"?
Exhalation
What main part of the respiratory system starts with the letter "L" ?
Larynx
What is the thin lining covering the lungs called?
Pleura
What are the tiny hairs in the nostrils called?
Cilia
Which tubes are smaller in size? Bronchioles or Bronchi?
Bronchioles
With each inhalation, air fills a large portion of the millions of what?
Alveoli
What main part of the respiratory system starts with the letter "T" ?
Trachea
What is the pipe that is for air only called?
The Larynx
What do the cilia do?
Protect the nasal passageways, filtering out dust and other particles.