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100

What tiny structures filter air in the nasal cavity?

cilia

100

What is the process of taking in oxygen called?

Inhalation

100
What is the main muscle in respiration?
The main muscle in respiration is the diaphragm.
100
What health problem needs an inhaler?
Asthma
100

When do you take in the most oxygen?

Crying

200

Which organ is responsible for voice production?

Larynx

200
What are the air-filled organs located on either side of the chest called?
The air-filled organs located on either side of the chest are called the lungs.
200

What area of the throat contains the vocal chords?

T - The larynx

200
What narrows when someone has asthma?
The bronchioles
200

How are sounds produced from the larynx?

DJ - The vocal cords are a pair of elastic bands that stretch across the larynx. Muscles connected to the larynx control how much the vocal cords are stretched. When air flows between the vocal cords, they vibrate and the vibrations make sound.

300
Are you safer from air pollution inside your house?
No, a recent research said that air pollution indoors is actually worse than outside.
300

What are the small air passages in the lungs called?

Alveoli

300
What tube connects the larynx to the lungs called?
The trachea
300

Which process produces more energy, aerobic or anaerobic respiration?

Aerobic

300

What is the most common allergy that people with asthma have?

Cats

400
True or false? Cellular respiration involves chemical reactions that release energy from food
True
400

What is the main passageway into and out of the respiratory system?

S - The nose

400
What is shape is the diaphragm?
The diaphragm is dome-shaped.
400

Name two things that asthma can be triggered by.

Dust, pollen, cats, etc.

400
What protects the respiratory system when you are ill?
Mucus
500
The organs of the respiratory system facilitate the exchange of gases between which color blood cells in the circulatory system and the outside environment?
Red blood cells
500
True or false? The trachea is not connected to the bronchus.
False
500

What is the trachea also known as?

DJ - Windpipe


500

What is the byproduct of anaerobic respiration?

Lactic acid

500

What is the passageway for air and food called?

Dj Pharynx