Organs

Question 1

Nose

Answer 1

Lined with mucous membrane and fine hairs. It acts as a filter to moisten and warm the entering air

Question 2

Nasal Septum

Answer 2

Partition separating the right and left nasal cavities

Question 3

Paranasal Sinuses

Answer 3

Air cavities within the carnival bones that open into the nasal cavities

Question 4

Pharynx (throat)

Answer 4

Serves as a food and air passageway.
(Food->esophagus)
(Air->larynx)

Question 5

Adenoids

Answer 5

Lymphoid tissue located behind the nasal cavity

Question 6

Tonsils

Answer 6

Lymphoid tissue located behind the mouth

Question 7

Larynx (voice box)

Answer 7

Location of the vocal cords

Air from pharynx

Question 8

Epiglottis

Answer 8

Flap of cartilage that automatically covers the opening of and keeps food from entering the larynx during swallowing

Question 9

Trachea (windpipe)

Answer 9

Passageway for air to the bronchi

Question 10

Bronchus (plural: bronchi)

Answer 10

Branch from trachea that conducts air into lungs, where it divides and subdivides (bronchial tree)

Question 11

Bronchioles

Answer 11

Smallest subdivision of the bronchial tree

Question 12

Alveolus (plural: alveoli)

Answer 12

Air sacs at the end of the bronchioles. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged through the alveolar walls and capillaries

Question 13

Lungs

Answer 13

Two spongelike organs in the thoracic cavity. The right lung has 3 lobes and the left has 2

Question 14

Pleura

Answer 14

Serous membrane covering each lung and lining the thoracic cavity

Question 15

Diaphragm

Answer 15

Muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity (helps breathing)

Question 16

Mediastinum

Answer 16

Space between the lungs

heart, esophagus, trachea, great blood vessels and other structures