Lungs

Question 1

what body system allows a person to inhale/exhale to move into the bloodstream and get rid of waste 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 oxygen (air) to enter your body

Answer 4

Nose

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Nasal cavity

Question 6

It’s 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 the 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 trachea to the lungs

Answer 12

Bronchi

Question 12

Smallest airway tubes connecting bronchi to alveoli

Answer 12

Bronchioles

Question 13

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

Answer 13

alveoli

Question 14

Which side of the lungs has 3 lobes

Answer 14

Right lung

Question 14

which side of the lungs 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 and 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 21

inflammation air sacs in the lungs caused by bacterial infection

Answer 21

Pneumonia

Question 22

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

Answer 22

asthma

Question 23

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

Answer 23

emphysema

Question 24

bacterial infection that affects lungs. Contagious, spread through air

Answer 24

tuberculosis

Question 25

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

Answer 25

panic attack

Question 26

hereditary disease that causes mucus membrane to produce too much mucus

Answer 26

cystic fibrosis