Respiratory, Skeletal, And Muscular System Flashcards
The ____ system works with the ____ system to add oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from the body
Respiratory, circulatory
Larynx
Voice box, located at back of mouth, closes when liquids or solids are swallowed, preventing food from entering lungs
Only ____ can pass through ____ and into lungs?
Air, larynx
Choking is a ____ action of the ____ that occurs when liquids or solids accidentally enter the ____
Reflexive, larynx, larynx
Larynx also contain?
Vocal chords
After inhaled are passes through larynx, it enters the?
Trachea
Trachea is also called?
Windpipe
The trachea ____ air into two large tubes called ____
Channels, bronchi
Bronchial tubes carry air to the _____ and to the ____
Lungs, alveoli
Alveoli
Tiny air sacs through which oxygen and carbon dioxide pass in and out of bloodstream
____ passes out of body by exhalation?
Carbon dioxide
Exhalation occurs when?
The diaphragm relaxes, causing the lungs to contract
Only _____ of the air exhaled is replaced by fresh air
One tenth
If you were to completely remove air in lungs?
They would collapse
What prevents lungs from collapsing?
Mixture of fresh and stale air is maintained in the lungs