Air Flow
Also known as the "windpipe"
What is the trachea?
The first of the left and right branches immediately after the trachea.
What is the bronchi?
This disease causes the airway to constrict, making it difficult to exhale.
What is asthma?
Food is diverted by the epiglottis into the esophagus, while air is allowed beneath the epiglottis into this structure.
What is the larynx?
This structure contains the vocal chords.
What is the larynx?
An infection of the lung.
What is pneumonia?
The first of the left and right branches immediately after the trachea.
What is the bronchi?
Membranes covering the lungs that reduce friction of movement during inflation and deflation of the lungs.
What is the pleura?
A "collapsed" lung.
What is a pneumothorax?
This structure is part of both the respiratory and digestive system.
What is the pharynx?
These grape-like clusters at the end of bronchioles are filled with capillaries that allow blood to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the air.
What are alveoli?
This disease, often caused by smoking, damaged the alveoli and causes them to collapse making it more difficult to exchange gas.
What is COPD? (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
At the base of the trachea, the bronchi bifurcate into right and left around this most inferior point of the trachea.
What is the carina?
This substance coats the alveoli, helping to maintain their shape and function.
What is surfactant?
This infectious disease is characterized by night sweats, coughing up blood, and fever.
What is tuberculosis?