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Take a Deep Breath
Iron Lungs
Bronchial Tubes Galore
Respiratory Junkyard
Blowin' Off Steam
100
This muscle flattens and tightens (contracts) when you breathe in.
What is diaphragm?
100
The lung that is smaller in order to make room for the heart.
What is left lung?
100
All the air tubes in your lungs are sometimes called this.
What is bronchial tree?
100
The flap that covers the trachea when you swallow food and drink.
What is epiglottis?
100
When you breathe out, this is called ______.
What is exhale or expiration?
200
The muscles between the ribs that lift the rib cage upward and outward when you breathe in.
What are intercostal muscles?
200
Inside the lungs are over 600 million of these air sacs.
What are alveoli?
200
The air tube between your larynx and lungs is called this.
What is trachea?
200
The things that vibrate inside your larynx to create sounds when you speak or sing.
What are vocal chords (folds)?
200
When your cells create energy, this waste gas is produced.
What is carbon dioxide?
300
Another name for breathing in.
What is inhale or inspire?
300
There are two of these protective sacs around your lungs.
What is pleural membrane?
300
The largest type of air tube inside your lungs is called this.
What is bronchus (bronchi)?
300
The tiniest blood vessels that allow the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the alveoli and the blood.
What is capillary?
300
When your diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, the air pressure is [higher/lower] around the lungs and forces air out of your body.
What is higher?
400
When you breathe through your nose, the air is moistened and cleaned by the ________.
What is mucus?
400
The space between the pleural membranes is called this.
What is pleural cavity?
400
The tiniest air tube inside your lungs is called this.
What is bronchiole (bronchioli)?
400
Another name for the throat.
What is pharynx?
400
Carbon dioxide from your blood is dumped back into your alveoli through a process known as ________.
What is diffusion?
500
When the diaphragm flattens and the ribs expand, there is [higher/lower] air pressure around the lungs.
What is lower?
500
The substance found in the pleural cavity.
What is pleural fluid?
500
The substance inside the trachea and bronchi that help them keep their round, open shape.
What is cartilage?
500
Another name for your chest cavity.
What is thoracic cavity?
500
When you breathe out, carbon dioxide in your blood is exchanged for fresh ______.
What is oxygen?