Air Pathway
Respiration
Parts and Functions
100
Where is the oxygen swapped with CO2 and H2O?
Capillaries around the alveolus
100
What are the products of respiration?
ATP, H2O, CO2
100
What is the main organ of the respiratory system that contains the bronchi, bronchiole, and alveolus.
Lungs
200
How does the oxygen move into the cells and carbon dioxide and water move out?
By way of the circulatory system which transfers blood containing O2, H2O, and CO2
200
What two things are used to perform respiration?
Glucose and oxygen
200
What is the large, dome-shaped muscle that controls breathing?
Diaphragm
300
Which part filters the air to clean it?
Cilia
300
Which other systems work together to perform respiration?
Digestive and circulatory
300
What are the hairlike extensions that sweeps up mucus and cleans air?
Cilia
400
They are tubes that branch out from the trachea into the lungs
What are bronchioles?
500
Tiny blood vessels that bring blood in and out of the alveoli
What are capillaries?