Respiratory System

Question 1

Respiration

Answer 1

The movement of air from outside the body into the cells within tissues

Question 2

Diaphragm

Answer 2

The primary muscle used in the process of inspiration or inhalation. A dome shaped sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the rest of the body cavity.

Question 3

Trachea

Answer 3

The tube that takes air into the chest, also known as the windpipe

Question 4

Bronchus

Answer 4

Tube alomg which air passes from the trachea into the lungs

Question 5

Bronchioles

Answer 5

Smaller branches coming off the bronchi