Respiratory System

Question 1

What do we need a respiratory system?

Answer 1

Your body needs oxygen in order to undergo a process called respiration.

Question 2

What is respiration?

Answer 2

Respiration is the process of using oxygen In the body to create energy

Question 3

What is energy( scientific term) ?

Answer 3

ATP: Adenosine triphosphate

Question 4

How to create energy? ( formula)

Answer 4

Oxygen+food = carbon dioxide + water + energy.

Question 5

What are the 3 main jobs of the respiratory system?

Answer 5

1. To take oxygen from the atmosphere
   2.To give out Carbon Dioxide and water ( sweating)
   3.to make speech & sound ( Larynx & Pharynx)

Question 6

Parts of the respiratory system

Answer 6

Mouth, nose, pharynx, larynx , trachea, bronchus, lungs, bronchioles, diaphragm, ribs & abdominal muscles

Question 7

What do the mouth and nose do together?

Answer 7

They take air into the body

Question 8

What in the nose takes the dust and the microorganisms from the air?

Answer 8

The hair and mucus in the nose do!!

Question 9

What is the proper breathing procedure?

Answer 9

In through the nose out through the nose

Question 10

What does the Pharynx do?

Answer 10

This is the opening to the respiratory and digestive system

Question 11

What does the Larynx do?

Answer 11

The larynx is known as the “voice box” this is what allows you to make sounds.

Question 12

What does the Trachea do?

Answer 12

The trachea allows air to go into the body towards the lungs.

Question 13

How many bronchi do you have?

Answer 13

2

Question 14

What do the bronchi do?

Answer 14

The bronchi bring the air from the trachea to the lungs

Question 15

Where are the bronchi located

Answer 15

One is located in the left lung and the other is located in the right lung

Question 16

What are the narrower tubes leading from the bronchus called?

Answer 16

Bronchiolels

Question 17

How many lungs do you have & where are they in your body?

Answer 17

2, 1 left & 1 right lung

Question 18

What is the texture of your lungs? Why?

Answer 18

Spongey and elasticity.They are this texture so that they can inhale & exhale.

Question 19

How many alveoli are in EACH lung?

Answer 19

300,000

Question 20

What exchange do they( alveoli) deal with?

Answer 20

The carbon Dioxide & oxygen exchange

Question 21

Are the walls of alveoli thick or thin ?

Answer 21

They are thin

Question 22

What are the scientific terms for breathing in and out?

Answer 22

Inhaling & Exhaling

Question 23

What is the first step to inhaling?

Answer 23

It is that the diaphragm pulls down.

Question 24

What is the second step to inhaling?

Answer 24

The second step is that the lungs increase in size because of the drop in air pressure.

Question 25

What is the third step to inhaling?

Answer 25

The third step is that the air is drawn into the lungs as air travels from high pressure to low pressure.

Question 26

What is the first step to exhaling?

Answer 26

The first step is that the diaphragm pushes up

Question 27

What is the second step to exhaling?

Answer 27

The second step to exhaling is that the lungs decrease in size because of the increase of air pressure.

Question 28

What is the third step to exhaling?

Answer 28

The third step to inhaling is that the air is pushed out of your lungs as air travels from high pressure to low pressure ( diffusion)