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100

This is the main organ in the respiratory system?

What is the lung?

100
Vocal cords produce sound by...?
What is vibrating because of the passing air?
100
Where air is filtered, warmed and moistened?
What is the nose?
100
The right lung is slightly larger than the left or the left lung is slightly larger than the right?
What is the right lung is slightly larger than the left. The heart takes up space on the left.
100
What is the basic function of the human respiratory system?
What is to exhange gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)?
200

This item looks like a bundle of grapes wrapped in netting?

What is the alveoli.

200

 

 

200
The structure where both air and food pass through?
What is the pharynx/throat?
200
The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a. a tennis court. b. keefe high school c. a queen size bed
What is a. tennis court?
200

Air is forced into the lungs by the contraction of a done shaped muscle called the 

a. alveoli b. bronchi c. diaphragm d. heart

What is c. diaphragm?

300
The trachea is also known as the ...?
What is the windpipe?
300

Oxygen diffuses(passes) into the _________ because it moves from an area of high concentration (many) of oxygen molecules to an area of low concentration (few) of oxygen molecules?

What is bloodstream or capillaries?

300

Both excretory and respiratory needs are met in this one organ?

What is lung?

300
A person at rest usually breathes between a. 50 to 60 times a minute b. 12 to 15 times a minute. c. 20 to 25 times a minute
What is b. 12 to 15 times a minute?
300
Inhaled air passes from the trachea to one of the two a.alveoli b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. larynx
What is b. bronchi?
400
The structure that prevents the passage of food from the pharynx into the lungs?
What is the epiglottis?
400
The lung volume changes because of the muscle underneath it called...?
What is the diaphragm?
400

The structure where gas exchange occurs?

What is the alveoli?

400
The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is a. 50 mph b. 80 mph c. 102 mph
What is c. 102 mph?
400
Why is it better to inhale through your nose than through your mouth?
What is because air is filtered in the nose through the nose hairs and mucous?
500
The name of the structure that carries air from the trachea to the lungs?
What is the bronchi?
500
How is it possible that food can come out of your nose?
What is the nose, mouth and esophagus connect through the pharynx so food can come back up into the nose or mouth?
500

Oxygen diffuses (passes)from alveoli into the __________ the surround them?

What is capillaries?

500
True or False: We lose half a liter of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapor we see when we breathe onto glass.
What is true?
500
List in order the structures of the respiratory system through which air passes from the outside environment to the alveoli
What is nose/mouth -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea -> bronchi -> bronchioles -> alveoli