Show:
Diseases
Parts of the Respiratory System
Breathe In, Breathe Out
100
A disease in which the bronchial tubes become lined with mucus which is coughed up.
What is bronchitis?
100
A muscle which helps us control our breathing
What is the diaphragm?
100
A tube leading from our mouth to the bronchial tubes.
What is the trachea (windpipe)?
200
This disease makes it difficult for your body to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide gases.
What is emphysema?
200
Spongy sacs located inside the lungs.
What are alveoli (air sacs)?
200
One of the major causes of emphysema.
What is cigarette smoking?
300
A disease in which the lungs fill with fluid and white blood cells.
What is pneumonia?
300
There are two of these, one leads to the right lung, the other to the left lung.
What are the bronchial tubes?
300
A gas which the alveoli help to transfer into our blood.
What is oxygen?
400
This illness happens when the sinuses become infected or inflamed.
What is sinusitis?
400
The main organs of the respiratory system.
What are the lungs?
400
A gas which we breathe out when we exhale.
What is carbon dioxide?
500
People with bronchitis that is left untreated can eventually develop this.
What is pneumonia?
500
Hollow spaces in the front of the skull.
What are sinuses?
500
Air pollution is one of the leading causes of this disease.
What is emphysema?