Respiratory System Flashcards
Cilia
Tiny hair to trap dirt and any other particles from going to The digestive system
Gets rid through sneezing, coughing or gets digested
Larynx
A voicebox that contains vocal chords and produce sounds
Trachea
An airway passage that leads to Bronchus
Bronchus
Two tubes that air passes to go to lungs
Bronchioles
Smallest air tube in lungs, from bronchus branching
Alveolus
Thin walled air sacs, end of bronchioles where gas exchange takes plas
Gas exchange
Carbon dioxide be released out and oxygen kept
The deoxygenated blood from capillaries surround alveolus where carbon dioxide diffuses into alveolus and oxygen diffuses to capillaries which bonds w red blood cells
Diaphragm
A sheet of muscle in lower chest
Move downwards in each inhalation
Controls breathing when it rises down= inhale, rises up= exhale
Repiratory system
The system responsible for exchanged of gases
Lungs
An organ that takes in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide
