Breathing In
What goes into your body when you breath in?
Oxygen
What leaves your body when you breath out?
Carbon Dioxide
How many alveoli are in your lungs?
600 million
What are the little tubes that carry oxygen to the alveoli?
Bronchiole tubes
What is the organ that the oxygen goes into once in the body?
Lungs
Where does the oxygen travel through to get to the lungs?
Trachea
What does your body do to the oxygen it receives from breathing in?
It turns it into carbon dioxide.
How does the respiratory system let you talk?
What are the little sacks attached to the bronchiole tubes?
Alveoli
What organ helps the lungs push carbon dioxide out and pull oxygen in?
Diaphragm
How do arteries play a role in breathing?
They carry oxygen to the rest of the body.
How do veins play a role in breathing out.
Carry carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be breathed out.
What is the lining around the lung to protect it?
Pleura
How big are the bronchiole tubes?
Size of a strand of hair
What carries the oxygen to the rest of the body?
Capillaries
In what position is the diaphragm when breathing in?
Contracted
In what position is the diaphragm when breathing out?
Relaxed
What is the biggest organ in the respiratory system?
Lungs
What is attached to the alveoli that takes the oxygen to the rest of the body?
Capillaries
What part of the respiratory system helps you talk?
Voice box or Larynx
What is it called when you breath in?
Inhaling
What is it called when you breath out?
Exhaling
What bone protects the lungs?
Breast Bone
How would you describe how the alveoli look?
Small sacks
Where does oxygen travel down to get to the lungs?
Trachea