Lungs

Question 1

What body system allows a person to inhale/exhale to move oxygen into the bloodstream and get rid of waste carbon dioxide from the lungs.

Answer 1

respiratory system

Question 2

Anything that has to do with lungs is called a what?

Answer 2

Pulmonary

Question 3

what do you call a thin tissue that covers the outside part of the lungs.

Answer 3

Pleura

Question 4

Name an organ that allows the oxygen to enter your body.

Answer 4

Nose

Question 5

This area of the mouth that allows the air you breath becomes humid.

Answer 5

Nasal cavity

Question 6

Its job is to receive food, breathing, speaking.

Answer 6

Oral cavity

Question 7

A fancy name for voice box.

Answer 7

Larynx

Question 8

An open/ close flap prevents food from entering as you breathe.

Answer 8

Epiglottis

Question 9

A fancy name for throat; cavity behind your mouth.

Answer 9

Pharynx

Question 10

Long tube leading food from mouth to stomach; food tube.

Answer 10

Esophagus

Question 11

A fancy name for windpipe.

Answer 11

Trachea

Question 12

Two tubes leading from the trachea to lungs

Answer 12

Bronchi

Question 14

Very small air sacs where the exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place

Answer 14

alveoli

Question 15

Which side of the lungs has three lobes

Answer 15

Right lung

Question 16

Which side of the lungs has two lobes

Answer 16

left lung

Question 17

A muscle that helps you inhale and exhale, located beneath your lungs and heart

Answer 17

Diaphragm

Question 18

It’s a microscopic hairlike structure who’s job is to trap dirt and germs

Answer 18

Cilia

Question 19

A special type of mucus found in the lungs and throat; keeps nose and throat from drying out, has antibodies that kill bacteria in the air

Answer 19

Phlegm

Question 20

Smallest blood vessel; A blood vessel where O2 and CO2 gas are exchanged

Answer 20

Capillaries

Question 21

Blood vessel carrying blood away from heart

Answer 21

Artery

Question 22

Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart

Answer 22

Vein

Question 23

Inflammation of the mucus membrane that lines the bronchial tubes

Answer 23

Bronchitis

Question 24

Inflammation of the air sacs in the lungs caused by bacterial infection

Answer 24

Pneumonia