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What is the fancy word for windpipe?
trachea
nasal cavity
What is the fancy word for mouth area?
Oral cavity
What is the fancy word for the balloon like thing?
diaphragm
The gas we take in from the air to stay alive.
oxygen/ O2
how many bronchi do we have?
2
what is the muscles between your ribs?
intercostal muscle
cells exchanging gas is called
cellular respiration
T or F, bronchi are bigger than bronchioles?
true
The waste gas we breathe out.
carbon dioxide
What do the bronchioles look like?
Tree roots/branches
Condition causing airways to narrow and tighten.
what is the sticky substance that traps stuff in your lungs
mucus
Hair-like structures that sweep dirt out of the lungs.
Cilia
when we breath out our diaphramn goes in or out of our ribs?
it goes in - squishing the air out of our lungs
gas exchange
What bones protect your lungs?
ribcage
Tiny blood vessels wrapping around the air sacs.
capillaries
Process where gases move from high to low concentration.
What percentage of air we breathe in is oxygen?
21% (accept 18-24 as correct)
What gases to we breathe with?
CO2/carbon dioxide and O2/oxygen
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange happens.
alveoli
Organ named the "voice box."
larynx
The lung that is slightly smaller to make room for the heart.
left lung
Flap that stops food from entering the windpipe.
epiglottis?