Main Functions
Main Organs
Maintaining Homeostasis
How it works with other systems
Diseases
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What is the respiratory system responsible for?
Breathing
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What is the pharynx?
A long tube that starts the air passage from the nose and mouth to the lungs.
100
This bodily fluid produced by the respiratory system traps bacteria
Mucus
100
How does the respiratory system work with the circulatory system?
It helps give oxygen to the body.
100
What is pneumonia?
It is an infection where are sacs are inflamed with fluids in one or both lungs.
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What substance do you inhale and what do you exhale?
Inhale: Oxygen
Exhale: Carbon Dioxide
200
What is the larynx?
The organ responsible for speech and ability to produce sound. It works when air from the lungs flows through thin tissues in the organ.
200
How does the respiratory system provide immunity?
The lungs secrete antibodies
200
How does the respiratory system work with the digestive system?
It helps give power to the body.
200
What is Asthma?
Asthma is a disease in which the airways to the lungs are constricted and have mucus in them. This causes difficulty breathing, chest pain, cough, and wheezing
300
Oxygen taken in from the respiratory system moves into ___ ___ that then circulate oxygen-rich blood to tissues and cells.
Blood Vessels
300
What is the trachea?
A long tube that transports airflow to the lungs and divides into the left and right bronchi.
300
What does gas exchange do?
It maintains acid-base balance in the body
300
How does the respiratory system work with the muscular system?
It helps contract and relaxes the diaphragm.
300
What is Bronchitis?
Bronchitis is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the lining tubes that carry air to and from the lungs
400
The process of sensing chemicals in the air using receptors on the cilia inside the nose is known as?
Smell
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What are alveoli?
Bunched little sacs where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide through diffusion.
400
How does the respiratory system help regulate temperature?
Exhalation
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How does the respiratory system work with the skeletal system?
It helps provide the body with oxygen.
400
What is lung cancer?
Lung cancer is a type of cancer that is caused by smoking. It may cause coughing out blood.
500
What does the respiratory system protect you from?
Dust and microbes that enter the body through cilia, mucus production, and coughing.
500
What is the diaphragm?
Muscle that is fanned across the bottom of the rib cage. It allows the body to take in and push out air by contractions.
500
As blood passes through the tiny capillaries in the alveolar sacs, changing pressure gradients allow ____ and ___ ___ to diffuse in and out of the blood
Oxygen and Carbon dioxide
500
How does the respiratory system work with the integumentary system?
It helps get rid of the carbon dioxide in the body.
500
What are the symptoms of COVID - 19?
Coughing, shortness of breath and, fever