Name that structure
A fancy name for the throat?
Pharynx
Vocal cords produce sound by...?
What is vibrating because of the passing air?
Where air is filtered, warmed and moistened?
What is the nose?
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.
Whic is /are not reapiratory diseases?
Arteriosclerosis, emphysema, tuberculosis, vascular disease, bronchitis
Arteriosclerosis and vascular disease
A fancy name for the voice box?
larynx
air moves into the lungs because air moves from an area of _____ pressure to ____ pressure?
What is high pressure to low pressure?
The structure where both air and food pass through?
What is the pharynx/throat?
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?
Condition in which alveoli are damage and enlarged causing brethlessness
Emphysema
The trachea is also known as the ...?
What is the windpipe?
Oxygen diffuses into the capillaries because it moves from an area of _____ concentration to ____ concentration?
What is high concentration to low concentration?
Your ability to sing, shout and speak come from vocal cords located within the...?
What is larynx?
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?
What is COPD?
Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease
The structure that prevents the passage of food from the pharynx into the lungs?
What is the epiglottis?
The lung volume changes because of the muscle underneath it called...?
What is the diaphragm?
The structure where gas exchange occurs?
What is the alveoli?
The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is a. 50 mph b. 80 mph c. 102 mph
What is c. 102 mph?
condition in which airways narrow and swell cause difficulty in breathing
Asthma
The name of the structure that carries air from the trachea to the lungs?
What is the bronchi?
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?
oxygen diffuses from alveoli into the __________ the surround them?
What is capillaries?
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?
List in order the structures of the respiratory system through which air passes from the outside environment to the alveoli and what part/s is/are affected if trachea is inflammed?
Bronci, bronchioles and alveoli