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Breathing
Bonus
100
Also called the voice box
What is the larynx?
100
When air cannot flow freely and cause the throat to vibrate
What is snoring?
100
Tiny hairlike structures in respiratory system
What are cilia?
100
Cells produce ________
Carbon Dioxide
100
Smoking is harmful
What is- causes cancer; blackens lungs; sticky tar
200
Also called the windpipe
What is the trachea?
200
The pitch of sound depends on the __________ and length of your vocal chords
What is thickness?
200
Also called the throat
What is the pharynx?
200
Every cell NEEDS this
What is oxygen?
200
Inhaling/Exhaling
What is breathing air in, and breathing air out?
300
Tiny blood vessels surrounding the alveoli
What are the capillaries?
300
Irritation to the lining of the airway that causes air to be violently released through the nose
What is sneezing?
300
Flap of tissue that covers the trachea
What is the epiglottis?
300
Where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide happens
What is alveoli?
300
Muscles that change so the body can breathe
What are the diaphragm and chest muscles?
400
Two tubes that branch off the trachea
What are the bronchi?
400
When lungs are infected
What is pneumonia?
400
Strong, curved muscle attached below the lungs
What is the diaphragm?
400
Controls breathing
What is the brain?
400
Upper Respiratory System
What is nose, pharynx, mouth, epiglottis, larynx?
500
Tiny air sacs in the lungs
What is alveoli?
500
Bronchial tubes tighten and narrow causing it hard to breathe
What is asthma?
500
Sac-like organs that replace CO2 with Oxygen
What are the lungs?
500
Breathing that you control
What is voluntary?
500
Lower Respiratory System
What are trachea, bronchi, lungs?