Respiratory System

Question 1

Adenoids

Answer 1

Lymphatic tissue in the nosapharynx, pharyngeal tonsils

Question 2

Alveolus

Answer 2

Air sac in the lung

Question 3

Apex of the king

Answer 3

Tip or uppermost portion of the lung

Question 4

Base of the lung

Answer 4

Lower portion of the lung

Question 5

Bronchioles

Answer 5

Smallest branches of the bronchi.

Question 6

Bronchus

Answer 6

Branch of the trachea (windpipe) that is the passageway into the king bronchial tube

Question 7

Carbon dioxide

Answer 7

Gas produced by body cells when oxygen and carbon atoms from food combined. Exhaled through lungs

Question 8

Cilia

Answer 8

Thin hairs attached to the mucous membrane epithelium lining of respiratory tract l. Clear bacteria from the lungs.

Question 9

Diaphragm

Answer 9

Muscles separating the chest and abdomen. It contracts to pull air into the lungs and relaxes to push air out.

Question 10

Epiglottis

Answer 10

Los like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx preventing food from entering the larynx’s and trachea when swallowing

Question 11

Expiration

Answer 11

Breathing out. Exhalation

Question 12

Glottis

Answer 12

Slit like opening to the larynx

Question 13

Hilum of the lung

Answer 13

Midline region where the bronchi, blood vessels and nerves enter and exit the lungs

Question 14

Inspiration

Answer 14

Breathing in. Inhalation

Question 15

Larynx

Answer 15

Voice box containing vocal cords

Question 16

Lobe

Answer 16

Division of a king

Question 17

Mediastinum

Answer 17

Region between the lungs in the chest cavity. Contains trachea, heart, lymph nodes, aorta, esophagus and bronchial tubes

Question 18

Nares

Answer 18

Openings through the he nose carrying air into the nasal cavities

Question 19

Oxygen

Answer 19

Has that makes up 21 percent of air. Passes into the bloodstream at the lungs and travels to all body cells.

Question 20

Palatine tonsil

Answer 20

One of a pair of almond shaped masses of lymphatic tissues in the oropharynx

Question 21

Paranasal sinus

Answer 21

One of the air cavities in the bones near the nose

Question 22

Parietal pleura

Answer 22

Outer layer of pleura lying closer to the ribs and chest wall