Vocabulary
The main organs of the respiratory system
What are the lungs?
A condition that causes the inside of the airways to swell; treated with an inhaler.
What is asthma?
Breathing in of smoke from tobacco or other drugs
What is smoking?
Another word for windpipe
What is the pharynx?
A large muscle that flexes to bring air into the lungs
What is the diaphragm?
An infection of the lungs when the lining of the bronchial tubes becomes swollen; causes a bad cough.
What is bronchitis?
An addictive chemical in cigarette smoke.
A flap of tissue that keeps food from going into the lungs
What is the epiglottis?
Bringing air into your body
What is inhaling?
An infection that cause the alveoli to fill with liquid; makes breathing difficult
What is pneumonia?
Tiny hairs in the air passages
What is cilia?
Another name for the voice box
What is the larynx?
Exercise that makes you breathe harder
What is aerobic exercise?
Difficulty exhaling due to damaged alveoli
What is emphysema?
Over ___________ Americans die from smoking-related diseases each year.
400,000
A tube in your throat that is held open by rings of cartilage.
What is the trachea?
The movement of air into and out of your body
What is respiration?
Hereditary disease that causes mucus to be this and sticky
What is cystic fibrosis?
When friends try to influence you.
What is peer pressure?
Tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs
What is alveoli?