Respiratory System

Question 0

Septum

Answer 0

A partition that separates the nostrils

Question 1

Nostril

Answer 1

An opening to the nasal cavity

Question 2

Pharynx

Answer 2

A funnel shaped tube that provides a passage way for food and air

Question 3

Epiglottis

Answer 3

A large leaf shaped flap of tissue that covers the larynx during swallowing

Question 4

Larynx

Answer 4

A short passage way that links the pharynx and the trachea

Question 5

Trachea

Answer 5

A passageway for air that connects to the bronchi

Question 6

Bronchi

Answer 6

Two branches that come off of the trachea and provide air to the lungs

Question 7

Bronchioles

Answer 7

A smaller division of bronchi in the lungs

Question 8

Alveoli

Answer 8

Located at the end of bronchioles are tiny airsacs

Question 9

Lungs

Answer 9

The organ where gas exchange occurs

Question 10

Common cold

Answer 10

Caused by viruses symptoms include coughing and a runny nose

Question 11

Pneumonia

Answer 11

Inflammatory illness of the lungs caused by bacteria

Question 12

Lung cancer

Answer 12

Disease of uncontrolled cell growth in lung tissue

Question 13

Asthma

Answer 13

A reversible obstructive airway disease

Question 14

Bronchitis

Answer 14

Inflammation of the bronchi cause by genetics pollution carbon monoxide

Question 15

Tuberculosis

Answer 15

Infectious communicable disease that destroys lung tissue

Question 16

Influenza

Answer 16

Contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses

Question 17

Emphysema

Answer 17

Alveoli become stretched out and cannot push carbon dioxide and other pollutants out of the lungs