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Misc
100
Holes in the nose that have hair to capture particles.
What are nostrils?
100
Open area behind the nostrils.
What are nasal cavities?
100
Soft tissue at the side of your throat that capture bacteria.
What are tonsils?
100
Turbinates.
What is the fourth part of the respiratory system?
100
It allows you to breath by contracting and expanding.
What is the diaphragm's purpose?
200
Covers the back of the nasal passage.
What is uvula?
200
Bone that separates two sides of the nasal cavity.
What is the septum?
200
They warm air and pick up small particles.
What are turbinates?
200
Larynx.
What is the ninth part of the respiratory system?
200
An infection of the bronchi.
What is bronchitis?
300
Intersection of tubes, the larynx, trachea, and esophagus.
What is pharynx?
300
Two folds of tissue covering the top of the windpipe that vibrate for sound.
What is the larynx?
300
Small cavities in the skull that hold liquid that drips into the nasal passage to warm air and humidify it.
What are sinuses?
300
Nostrils.
What is the first part of the respiratory system?
300
The alveoli fill up with tar and gets destroyed.
What happens when you smoke?
400
2 tubes that branch off the trachea into the lungs.
What is bronchi?
400
What are air sacs that exchange has with the bloodstream.
What are the alveoli?
400
Tiny hairs that sweep the air and moves tiny particles/germs to stick to mucus which also lines the passages.
What are the cilia?
400
Pharynx.
What is the seventh part of the respiratory system?
400
The Adam's apple or vocal cords.
What is the larynx nicknamed?
500
Tube that carries air and has rings of cartilage around it.
What is the trachea?
500
A sheet of muscle in the chest that allows breathing.
What is diaphragm?
500
Tiny tubes in the lungs that get smaller and smaller.
What are bronchioles?
500
Bronchi.
What is the eleventh part of the respiratory system?
500
A disease that causes the body to make excess mucus and usually ends in death.
What is cystic fibrosis?