Name that structure
A fancy name for the back of the throat?
What is the pharynx?
This is how the vocal chords produce sound.
What is vibrating because of the passing air?
This is where air is filtered, warmed and moistened.
What is the nose/nasal cavity?
The heart takes up some space on one side, so this lung is slightly larger than the other.
What is the right lung?
A fancy name for the voice box?
What is the 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 gas that animals exhale from their lungs.
What is carbon dioxide?
Air is forced into the lungs by the contraction of this.
What is the diaphragm?
The technical name for the windpipe.
What is the trachea?
Your ability to sing, shout and speak come from vocal cords located here.
What is the larynx?
This is the times per minute a person usually breathes.
What is 12 to 15 times?
Inhaled air passes through the trachea and into this.
What are the primary bronchi?
The structure that prevents the passage of food from the pharynx into the lungs?
What is the epiglottis?
The lung volume changes because of this muscle.
What is the diaphragm?
This is where gas exchange occurs.
What is in the alveoli?
The nose, nasal cavity, sinuses, and pharynx are all part of this section of the respiratory system.
What is the upper?
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?
The name of the structure that carries air from the trachea to the lungs?
What is the bronchi?
This is how food and liquid 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 these blood vessels that surround the alveoli.
What are 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
What is nose/mouth -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea -> bronchi -> bronchioles -> alveoli