Respiratory System

Question 1

Cells

Answer 1

Basic structural unit of an organism (living things)

Question 2

Alveoli

Answer 2

Tiny air sacs in the lungs where exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place

Question 3

Ventilation

Answer 3

Exchange of oxygen with carbon dioxide in the lungs

Question 4

Trachea

Answer 4

The windpipe which connects the larynx to lungs

Question 5

Nasal air passage

Answer 5

Nasopharnyx

Question 6

Mouth passage

Answer 6

Oropharnyx

Question 7

Connect larnyx through upper airway

Answer 7

Laryngopharnyx

Question 8

Above trachea

Answer 8

Larnyx

Question 9

Windpipe that connects larnyx to lungs

Answer 9

Trachea

Question 10

Main passage connecting lungs to trachea

Answer 10

Left and right bronchus or bronchi

Question 11

Small passages that connect bronchi to alveoli

Answer 11

Bronchioles

Question 12

Diaphragm

Answer 12

Under lungs and increases and decreases volume in the lungs

Question 13

Mediastinum

Answer 13

Area between the two lungs

Question 14

Pleura

Answer 14

A membrane around the lungs and inside the chest cavity

Question 15

Capillaries

Answer 15

Small vessels that connect smaller arteries called arterioles to smaller veins called venues and carry out gas exchanges.

Question 16

Diffusion

Answer 16

Passive movement of substance from area of high to low concentrations

Question 17

Tidal volume

Answer 17

The amount of air breathed in a normal inhale and exhale