Upper Respiratory System
These are hollow areas in your head. They make your head lighters and they continue the warming, moisturizing and filtering processes.
Sinus cavities
What is the name of the large muscle that pulls air into the lungs?
The diaphragm
This is an infection of the sinus cavities
Sinusitis
What is the sticky coating that is secreted by cells along your respiratory tract?
Mucus
What are three reasons why you shouldn't pick your nose?
1. You spread your germs to others
2. You transfer germs from your fingers to your nose
3. You can easily break the skin in you nose
4. During the time of Covid-19, you risk exposing yourself even more to the virus
The scientific name for your throat
Pharynx
What is the large tube that connect the larynx to the bronchi?
The trachea
What is the swelling and inflammation of the bronchi?
Bronchitis
What are the tiny hairs that move back and forth along the trachea called?
Cilia
What is the Heimlich Maneuver and when should you use it?
It's using your fist and arms to push up hard on a person's diaphragm. You use it on a choking person to expel food out of their trachea.
In tracing the path of air, the _______ immediately follows the pharynx.
larynx
What are the two tubes that lead from the bottom of the trachea to each lung?
The bronchi
What is asthma?
A tightening and thickening of the bronchial tubes, making the air passages inflamed and hard to breathe.
This happens when something irritates your nose
Sneeze
What are three ways to protect your lung health?
1. Aerobic exercise
2. Use good posture
3. Get vaccinated if you can
hollow spaces in the nose. It filters, warms, and moistens the air
Nasal Cavity
What are the smaller tubes that branch off each bronchi within the lungs?
Bronchioles
Can be a viral or bacterial infection of the lungs in which the bronchi and alveoli fill with thick fluids, making gas exchange difficult?
Pneumonia
This happens when something irritates your throat or airways
Cough
Name three types of "smoking" that you should avoid in order to have healthy lungs.
Any type of smoking including but not limited to
Cigarettes, marijuana, E-cigarettes, Vaping, Hookah
What structures are a part of your Upper Respiratory Tract?
Nasal cavity, Larynx, and Pharynx
The serous membrane that encloses the lungs?
Pleural membrane
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
A genetic disorder in which the body does produces excessively thick mucus (which accumulates in the lungs and digestive tract).
What is secondhand smoke?
You are not smoking, but you breath in the smoke or vapor from someone who is smoking
The scientific term for the voice box
larynx
What are the tiny balloon-like sacs where carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen?
Alveoli
The walls of the alveoli are damaged. They lose their elasticity and become distended. (Most often caused by smoking)?
Emphysema
What can smoking do to your lungs?
1. Build up tar
2. Reduces lung capacity
3. Causes cancer