Respiratory System
This substance is important so that air isn't too dry or dusty before entering your lungs
What is mucus?
Food enters the body through this structure
What is the mouth?
Where air enters the body so that it can be processed by the respiratory system before entering the heart
What is the nose or mouth?
This is the molecule that you breathe in (inhale)
This lung is the larger lung (hint: left or right?)
What is the right lung?
This structure is protected by rings of cartilage
What is the trachea?
Chewing your food is an example of this kind of digestion (hint: chemical or physical)
What is physical digestion?
These structures take oxygen away from the heart to other places in the body
What are arteries?
This is the name of the molecule that you breathe out (exhale)
What is carbon dioxide?
This condition makes it hard for oxygen to get into your respiratory system
What is asthma?
This muscle controls your breathing
What is the diaphragm?
The intestine that absorbs most of the nutrients
What is the small intestine?
These structures take used carbon dioxide from the body to the heart
What are veins?
This type of molecule breaks down into glucose
What are starches?
This condition makes you feel very tired and makes it very hard to want to eat
These structures resemble a bunch of grapes
What are alveoli?
What is the liver?
These kinds of blood vessels carry oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from other organs around the body
What are the systemic blood vessels?
This type of molecule makes up proteins
What are amino acids?
This condition doesn't allow starches or proteins to be broken down into glucose and amino acids
What is diabetes?
This is the name of the structure that holds the vocal cords
What is the larynx?
This structure makes sure you swallow food and inhale air so that food doesn't get into your lungs
What is the epiglottis?
These kinds of blood vessels are where blood gets "refueled" - they exchange their used carbon dioxide for fresh oxygen inhaled by the lungs
What are pulmonary blood vessels?
This system is responsible for carrying all molecules around the body
What is the circulatory system?
This condition doesn't let oxygen and other nutrients cycle around the body
What is anemia?