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Parts of the System
Diseases of the System
Benefits of Exercise on the System
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True & False Fun Facts
100
Part of the respiratory system that produces sound; known as the "voice box."
What is the Larynx?
100
A common illness that gives people the side effects including runny nose, sore throat, hacking or coughing, and congestion.
What is the "Common Cold?"
100
When you start to exercise, the muscles increase this production to fuel muscle contraction.
What is ATP Production?
100

How do vocal cords produce sound?

What is vibrating cords by expelled air.

100

What is the job of the cilia?

What is to propell "junky" mucus away from lungs 

200

Two spongy, saclike respiratory organs in most vertebrates, occupying the chest cavity together with the heart and functioning to remove carbon dioxide from the blood and provide it with oxygen.

What is the Lung?

200
Chronic or acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes.
What is Bronchitis?
200
Oxygen diffuses from the lungs into the bloodstream in this process .
What is pulmonary diffusion?
200

A disease that makes it harder for people to breathe.

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

200

The respiratory system does the same job that the circulatory system does.

What is False?

300
A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube descending from the larynx to the bronchi and carrying air to the lungs. Also called windpipe.
What is Trachea?
300
Caused by bacterial or fungal infection of the sinus cavities; inflammation of the sinus cavities usually associated with infection. Common during flu season.
What is a Sinus Infection?
300
without diet and exercise, the pressure the blood exerts on the walls of your arteries and elevated blood pressure creates this.
What is Blood Pressure?
300

How long is the trachea?

What is about 4 inches long.

300

Thyroid cartilage is also known as...

What is the Adam's Apple.

400
A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Also called air sac.
What is the Alveolus?
400
A type of cancer you get in your respiratory system where abnormal cells grow out of control in the lungs.
What is Lung Cancer?
400
Without exercise and dieting, A build-up of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that can reduce the blood flow to the heart and cause it to stop beating.
What is Heart Disease?
400

What is the trachea lined with?

What is cilia.

400

We lose half a litre of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapour we see when we breathe onto glass.

What is True?

500
Either of two main branches of the trachea, leading directly to the lungs.
What is Bronchi?
500
a bacterial infection in the respiratory tract, can be contagious and common for babies to catch.
What is Whooping Cough?
500
This is how much time, the state recommends for kids to go out to exercise and play.
What is 60 minutes?
500

What kills cilia?

What is smoking.

500

The breathing rate is slower in children and women than in men.

What is False?