Respiratory System Parts
What is the main organ that we use to breathe?
Lungs
What is the term for the air we breath?
Oxygen
How can we breath healthier? By doing what?
Breathing in through our nose
What is the main job of the respiratory system?
To provide oxygen to the rest of the organs in our body.
What is the tube that carries air from our nose or mouth to our lungs?
Trachea
What is the gas that we exhale called?
Carbon Dioxide
What is something you should avoid to keep your lungs healthy?
Smoking!!!
What happens in the lungs when we breathe out?
carbon dioxide is breathed out
What is the flap called that opens and closes to allow air or food to pass through?
Epiglottis
What do we call the process of taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide?
Respiration
Name a good exercise to improve respiratory health.
Running, lifting weight, playing outside, etc.
What do the hairs in our nose do?
Clean the air we breath into our body
WHat is the starting point of our Reperitory System? (Hint: this can be 2 things)
Nose or mouth
The material that makes up the trachea. (hint: same as our ears)
Cartilage
Your respiratory system does this to protect iteslef from inhaling (breathing in) food.
Cough
What role does the respiratory system play in regulating body temperature?
Keep the air we breath at the proper temerature by matching the temperature of our blood vessels as it passes through the nose