Lungs

Question 1

What body system allows a person to Inhale/exhale to move(oxygen;O2) into the bloodstream and get rid of waste (gas;carbon dioxide; CO2) from the lungs.

Answer 1

Respiratory System

Question 2

What do you call a thin tissue that covers the outside part of the lungs?

Answer 2

Pleura

Question 2

Anything that has to do with lungs is called what?

Answer 2

Pulmonary

Question 3

Name an organ that allows oxygen (air) to enter your body

Answer 3

Nose

Question 4

This area of the mouth that allows the air you breathe to become humid

Answer 4

Nasal cavity

Question 4

Its job is to receive food,breathing, speaking

Answer 4

Oral cavity

Question 5

A fancy name for voice box

Answer 5

Larynx

Question 6

An open/close flap; prevents food from entering as you breath

Answer 6

Epiglottis

Question 7

A fancy name for throat ; cavity behind your mouth

Answer 7

Pharynx

Question 8

Long tube leading food from mouth to stomach;food tube

Answer 8

Esophagus

Question 9

A fancy name for windpipe

Answer 9

Trachea

Question 10

Two tubes leading from trachea to the lungs

Answer 10

Bronchi

Question 11

Smallest airway tubes connecting bronchi to alveoli

Answer 11

Bronchioles

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Alveoli

Question 13

Which side of the lung has 3 lobes?

Answer 13

right lung

Question 14

Which side of the lung has 2 lobes?

Answer 14

left lung

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Diaphragm

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Cilia

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Phlegm

Question 18

Smallest blood vessel: a blood vessel where O2 and CO2 gas are exchanged

Answer 18

Capillaries

Question 19

Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart

Answer 19

Artery

Question 20

Blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart

Answer 20

Vein

Question 21

Inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the bronchial tubes

Answer 21

Bronchitis

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Pneumonia

Question 23

Chronic disorder/inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes with spasm

Answer 23

Asthma

Question 24

Chronic respiratory disorder caused by the destruction of lung tissue and air sacs are lost

Answer 24

Emphysema

Question 25

Bacterial infection that affects lungs. Contagious, spread through air

Answer 25

Tuberculosis

Question 26

Intense fear leading to sweating, hyperventilation, racing heart, fear of death

Answer 26

Panic Attack

Question 27

Hereditary disease that causes mucus membrane to produce too much mucus

Answer 27

Cystic