Respiratory System 204 - 205

Question 1

Nose

Answer 1

Nas/o
Exchange air during inhaling and exhaling; warms, moisturizes, and filters inhaled air.

Question 2

Sinuses

Answer 2

Sinus/o
Produce mucus for the nasal cavities, make bones of the skull lighter, aid in sound production

Question 3

Pharynx

Answer 3

pharyng/o
Transports air back and forth between the nose and the trachea

Question 4

Larynx

Answer 4

laryng/o
Makes speech possible

Question 5

Epiglottis

Answer 5

epiglott/o
Closes off the trachea during swallowing

Question 6

Trachea

Answer 6

trache/o
Transports air back and forth between the pharynx and bronchi

Question 7

Bronchi

Answer 7

bronch/o, bronchi/o
Transports air from the trachea into the lungs

Question 8

Alveoli

Answer 8

alveol/o
Air sacs that exchange gases with the pulmonary capillary blood

Question 9

Lungs

Answer 9

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o
Bring oxygen into the body, and remove carbon dioxide and some water waste from the body

Question 10

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

Answer 10

oxygen

Question 11

phon/o

Answer 11

sound, voice

Question 12

pleur/o

Answer 12

pleura, side of the body

Question 13

-pnea

Answer 13

breathing

Question 14

somn/o

Answer 14

sleep

Question 15

spir/o

Answer 15

to breathe

Question 16

thorac/o, -thorax

Answer 16

chest, pleural cavity

Question 17

trache/o, trachea

Answer 17

windpipe