Nose and Pharynx
What does the nose do?
The nose takes in air.
What is the passageway from air going to the lungs?
Trachea
What are bronchi?
Two tubes that connect each lung to the trachea
What helps you breathe?
Lungs
What is the diaphragm?
A dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs
With the nose, what can also take in air?
The mouth
What contains vocal cords?
Larynx
What are alveoli?
Tiny air sacs that come off of bronciole
What do your lungs need to have in order to breathe?
Oxygen
What does the diaphragm do?
Helps you lungs to breathe
What does air go down to get to the lungs?
Pharynx
What is another name for the trachea?
Windpipe
What branches off inside the lungs that are connected to the bronchi?
Bronchiole
What is exhaled from the lungs during cellular respiration?
Carbon dioxide
What works with the diaphragm to help you breathe?
Rib muscles
What also goes through the pharynx?
Food and water
In the larynx, what controls how much the vocal cords are stretched?
Muscles
What surround alveoli?
Capillaries
When a lung is damaged by emphysema, it looks:
Brown and decayed
When you breath out what happens?
The diaphragm relaxes
How many tubes does the pharynx have? Which one does the air go down?
Two; the larynx.
In the larynx, what does air flow through to make sound?
Vocal cords
What happens inside alveoli?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
What goes on inside the lungs that carbon dioxide and water are produced, and oxygen is taken in?
Cellular respiration
The diaphragm is needed because
The lungs have no muscle of their own and can't support its self.