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This part of the throat contains the vocal cords.
What is the larynx?
100
This disease involves the enlargement of the alveoli.
What is emphysema?
100
These tiny air sacs within the lungs exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What is alveoli?
100
This term refers to the process of air entering the lungs.
What is inhalation?
200
The diaphragm moves up when you do this.
What is inhaling?
200
Chronic bronchitis results in excessive amounts of this fluid.
What is mucus?
200
The voice box is another name this.
What is larynx?
200
This type of cell transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
What is blood cell?
300
This series of bones protect the lungs.
What is the ribcage?
300
This disease has inflation of the lungs and alveoli which makes it hard to breathe.
What is pneumonia?
300
The word maintaining partly explains the definition of this vocabulary word.
What is homeostasis?
300
This word means having for a long time.
What is chronic?
400
This is the order of the trachea [T], pharynx [P], and larynx [L] from top to bottom (in letters).
What is PLT?
400
This disease is long term and causes the airways to tighten.
What is asthma?
400
This maneuver may save a choking person.
What is Heimlich?
400
This gas and oxygen are traded in the alveoli.
What is carbon dioxide?
500
This part of the throat is also known as the windpipe.
What is the pharynx?
500
This disease gives you thick mucus so bacteria can remain and cause infection.
What is cystic fibrosis?
500
This is a flap of tissue that covers the trachea so that food and water go down the esophagus.
What is epiglottis?
500
This system works with the respiratory system to deliver oxygen to the blood cell.
What is circulatory?