Respiratory System

Question 1

Filters the air you breathe in

Answer 1

Nostrils

Question 2

Muscular tube in the upper throat and the passage way of food and air

Answer 2

Pharynx

Question 3

Also known as the windpipe, it is the main passageway to the lungs

Answer 3

Trachea

Question 4

Flap of tissue that closes the entrance to the rest of the respiratory system when you swallow

Answer 4

Epiglottis

Question 5

Located on top of the trachea

Answer 5

Larynx

Question 6

Two pieces are connected by a ridge and houses the vocal chords

Answer 6

Thyroid cartilage (Adam’s apple)

Question 7

Rings or bands that acts as a support to the trachea to keep the passageway open m

Answer 7

Cartilage

Question 8

Hair-like structures that traps particles and pathogens that managed to pass through the nose

Answer 8

Cilia

Question 9

What is responsible for forming mucus in the trachea to trap bacteria

Answer 9

Goblet cells

Question 10

Main organ of the respiratory system

Answer 10

Lungs

Question 11

A powerful muscle nestled in the bottom of the rib cage

Answer 11

Diaphragm

Question 12

A membrane that is surounding the lungs to protect then from touching the rib cage

Answer 12

Pleural membrane

Question 13

What are the lobes fron the right lung called?

Answer 13

Superior Lobe, Inferior lobe, and middle lobe

Question 14

Carries air to the lungs after passing through the trachea

Answer 14

Bronchi (bronchus)

Question 15

Tiny twig-sized tubes

Answer 15

Bronchioles

Question 16

Air sacs that are attached to the bronchioles. Gateways for oxygen to enter the body.

Answer 16

Alveoli (alveolus)

Question 17

Tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli

Answer 17

Capillaries

Question 18

The hollow space that filters the air passing through

Answer 18

Nasal cavity