Respiratory Structures
This tube is responsible for carrying air from the throat to the lungs.
What is the trachea?
The main responsibility of the respiratory system.
What is gas exchange (inhaling O2 and exhaling CO2)?
This waste gas is removed from the body with the help of the lungs.
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
This chronic respiratory disease narrows your airways and causes frequent wheezing.
What is asthma?
This is approximately how many times a person breathes per minute.
What is 12-20 times?
The tiny air sacs where gas exchange takes place.
What are the alveoli?
The process of moving air in and out of the lungs.
What is breathing?
This blood cell carries oxygen.
What is the Red Blood Cell?
As a result of this infection, the bronchi become inflamed.
What is bronchitis?
This gas makes up 78% of all the air we breathe.
What is nitrogen?
These organs are the main part of the respiratory system.
What are the lungs?
What is diffusion?
The iron-rich pigment that gives blood its red color.
What is hemoglobin?
This disease of the lungs destroys or severely harms the alveoli.
What is emphysema?
Your right lung has this many lobes.
What is three?
This muscle, which is located under the lungs, expands and contracts to help with breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
This part of the brain controls all respiratory activity.
What is the medulla ablongata?
This is the name of the tiny blood vessels that aid in gas exchange.
What are the capillaries?
This deadly habit increases your risk of acquiring almost all respiratory diseases.
What is smoking?
Sneezing and coughing are your body's way of doing this action.
What is trying to clear irritants or pathogens from your nose?
This tiny flap helps prevent food from going down the trachea/windpipe.
What is the epiglottis?
These tiny hair-like structures lining the lungs are responsible for trapping pathogens.
What is Cilla?
When you run or play, you breathe faster to get more of this gas.
What is oxygen?
This condition causes fluid to build up in the lungs and alveoli.
What is pneumonia?
The highest recorded sneeze was at this speed.
What is 100 mph?