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Gas Exchange
100
To inhale is this uplifting process of breathing in
What is inspiration?
100
This throat cartilage is sometimes called Adam's Apple
What is Thyroid cartilage?
100
Without these follicular nasal structures, dust and particles would overwhelm our lungs
What are hairs?
100
Rhymes with "easing," this happens during an asthma attack
What is "wheezing?"
100
Oxygen, aka O2 has these many oxygen atoms bound to them
What is two (O2)?
200
Inhaling contracts the these small "between Spanish rib" muscles
What are intercostal [muscles]?
200
The covering to the trachea is protected by this "epi" flap
What is the epiglottis?
200
A sometimes sore subject, the pharynx, aka this, connects the mouth to the trachea
What is the throat?
200
Smoking for years brings about this number one cancer killer
What is lung cancer?
200
If these smaller "bronchi" air passages in the lungs close, gas exchange cannot occur
What are bronchioles?
300
Lined with this flexible connective tissue, the pharynx and larynx are considered the upper airway
What is cartilage?
300
The trachea splits off into this L&R tube connecting to the lungs
What is the [L&R] bronchi?
300
These tasty BBQ bones comprise the thoracic cavity
What are the ribs?
300
Children make this dog or seal-like noise when they have Croup, an upper respiratory infection
What is "barks?"
300
If earth's air is composed of 78% oxygen, and 1% other elements, how much of the air is O2?
What is 21%?
400
AKA "wind pipe," this vital tube moves O2 from upper airway to lower airway
What is the trachea?
400
Resembling upside down these, they open to allow gas exchange
Bronchioles look like broccoli
What are bronchial "trees?"
400
It seems so right that this lung has 3 lobes and not 2
What is the right [lung]
400
One of the most widely contracted airborne illnesses, though a vaccination can reduce its effects
What is influenza/the flu?
400
In our skin tissue, O2 enters our cells, while this more noxious gas is filtered out
What is carbon dioxide?
500
This muscle inferior to the lungs separates the thoracic cavity from abdominal cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
500
The smallest "al-" air sac where gas exchange occurs in the lungs
What are alveoli?
500
Leaving the R ventricle, these O2 thirsty arteries visit the lungs for a fresh batch
What are pulmonary arteries?
500
If bronch are lung tubes, and -itis is inflammation, then what is infection of bronchioles?
What is bronchitis?
500
O2 can enter at the lowest tissue level, thanks to these web-like structures
What are capillaries?