Questions
Definitions
Short Answer
Respiratory Diagram
100
2 places air can enter your body
Nose or mouth
100
tiny air sacs in the lungs
alveoli
100
Which muscles change the space and pressure inside the body to allow breathing?
diaphragm and chest muscles
100
What is number 1?
epiglottis
200
Which part of the body controls breathing?
Brain
200
also called the windpipe
trachea
200
also called the voice box
larynx
200
What is number 2?
larynx
300
When the lungs become infected, a person has
pnuemonia
300
also called the throat
pharynx
300
Which part of the respiratory system is a strong, curved muscle attached below the lungs to the lower ribs and backbone?
diaphragm
300
What is number 3?
trachea
400
Where does the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?
alveoli
400
Which respiratory distress often causes the muscles around the bronchial tubes to tighten more than normal, making it hard for a person to breathe?
Asthma
400
The pitch of a sound that you make depends on the length and ______ of your vocal cords.
thickness
400
What is number 4?
nose
500
In order to function and live every cell needs
oxygen
500
Irritation of the lining of the airways causes air to be violently released through the nose in a
sneeze
500
Which parts of the respiratory system are saclike organs that replace the CO2 in you blood with oxygen?
lungs
500
What is number 5?
bronchi
600
How is inhaling different from exhaling?
Inhale- take in oxygen
Exhale- breathing out carbon dioxide
600
tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli
capillaries
600
Which part of the respiratory system is the flap of tissue that covers the trachea when a person swallows?
epiglottis
600
What is number 6?
pharynx
700
The sound causes by air that cannot move freely and causes part of the mouth and throat to vibrate and hit together is called a
snore
700
tubes that branch off the trachea
bronchi
700
Cells use oxygen and produce
Carbon dioxide
700
What is number 7?
lungs
800
Why is smoking harmful?
Smoke contains poisonous chemicals that harm the lungs and other parts of the body. Keep Cilia and alveoli from working properly. Forms tar in the lungs.
800
tiny hair-like structures that line the nasal passages and respiratory system
cilia
800
Breathing that you can think about and control for a short amount of time is called _______ breathing.
voluntary
800
What is number 8?
mouth