This is the first line of defense for foreign invaders and its found in your nasal cavities.
What are nose hairs?
100
The more technical term for your windpipe.
What is the trachea?
100
The purpose of the tracheal and bronchial rings.
What is give the tubes their shapes or keep them from collapsing?
100
Doing this stupid thing can lead to a person developing emphysema.
What is smoking?
100
The two gasses that are exchanged by the respiratory system.
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?
200
This thick liquid is the second line of defense against foreign invaders in your nasal passages.
What is mucus?
200
These sacs are where the exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen happens.
What are the alveoli?
200
These blood vessels line the alveoli to facilitate gas exchange.
What are capillaries?
200
The symptoms you feel during a cold or the flu (sore throat, fever, fatigue) is caused by what?
What is your body's white blood cells fighting the infection?
200
These bones protect your lungs and heart.
What are the ribs?
300
The upper part of your throat down which air and phood can travel.
What is the pharynx?
300
The trachea splits into these tubes.
What are the bronchi?
300
This side of the lungs is slightly smaller to make room for the heart.
What is the left side?
300
This occurs when liquid builds up in the lower alveoli thereby limiting the lungs' ability to exchange gasses.
What is pneumonia?
300
The number of lobes in the lungs.
What is five?
400
These vibrate to help you make sound and sing. They are found in the larynx.
What are the vocal chords?
400
This thin muscle sits below the lungs and helps them expand when breathing in.
What is the diaphragm?
400
To breath easier, especially after a workout, you can do this to expand your chest cavity?
What is raise your hands above your head?
400
This is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
What is bronchitis?
400
Unlike bronchitis which is caused by viral or bacterial infections, this narrowing of the bronchial tubes is caused by your own body allergic reactions.
What is asthma?
500
This flap keeps your windpipe closed when swallowing food.
What is the epiglottis?
500
These hairs help pull mucus and debris out of the respiratory system.
What are cilia?
500
These smallest tubes branch out from the bronchi.
What are bronchioles?
500
Cancer that spreads on the outside lining of the lungs, caused by exposure to asbestos.
What is mesothelioma?
500
The average lung capacity in gallons of a teenager.