Respiratory system

Question 1

Trachea

Answer 1

the airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi

Question 2

Pharynx

Answer 2

a hollow, muscular tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and opens into the larynx and esophagus

Question 3

Larynx

Answer 3

the area of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and talking

Question 4

Bronchiole

Answer 4

a tiny branch of air tubes in the lungs

Question 5

Lungs

Answer 5

one of a pair of organs in the chest that supplies the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body

Question 6

Alveoli

Answer 6

tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles

Question 7

Cellular respiration

Answer 7

the process by which cells derive energy from glucose

Question 8

Capillaries

Answer 8

delicate blood vessels that exist throughout your body

Question 9

Diaphragm

Answer 9

the thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from the abdomen.

Question 10

Intercostal muscles

Answer 10

muscles that occur between ribs