Lesson 6 (Part of the throat)

Question 1

A ring-like muscular tube

Answer 1

Throat

Question 2

It is the passageway for air, food, and liquid. It also helps in forming speech.

Answer 2

Throat

Question 3

The throat is made up of:

Answer 3

A) Tonsils and adenoids
B) Voice box (larynx).
C) Epiglottis

Question 4

Both are made up of lymph tissue and are located at the back of the throat.

Answer 4

Tonsils and adenoids

Question 5

are located all the way at the back of the nose at the very top of the throat

Answer 5

Adenoids

Question 6

shrink away by early adulthood

Answer 6

Adenoids

Question 7

the back of the mouth on either side of the throat

Answer 7

Tonsils

Question 8

They protect against infection but have minimal function after childhood.

Answer 8

Tonsils

Question 9

A cylindrical grouping of cartilage, muscles, and soft tissue that contains the vocal cords

Answer 9

Voice box (larynx)

Question 10

the upper opening into the windpipe (trachea), the passageway to the lungs.

Answer 10

Vocal cords

Question 11

A flap of soft tissue located just above the vocal cords.

Answer 11

Epiglottis

Question 12

folds down over the vocal cords to prevent food and irritants from entering the lungs.

Answer 12

Epiglottis