Respiratory System

Question 1

Respiration

Answer 1

• The body gets O2 and releases CO2
• Divided into two parts
• part is breathing
• the other is cellular respiration

Question 2

Breathing

Answer 2

Process of inhaling air and exhaling air

Question 3

Cellular Respiration

Answer 3

• Cells use oxygen to break down glucose

- Release energy via chemical reactions

Question 4

Pharynx

Answer 4

• Throat
• Air, food, and drink travel down
• Branches into 2 tubes

Question 5

Larynx

Answer 5

Part of throat contains vocal card

Question 6

Trachea

Answer 6

Passageway for air to enter the lungs

Question 7

Bronchi

Answer 7

2 tubes branching off of trachea

Question 8

Bronchioles

Answer 8

Small tubes through the lungs

Question 9

Alveoli

Answer 9

• Tiny socks where gas exchange take place
• O2 enters blood, CO2 leaves blood
• Wrapped in capillaries

Question 10

Diaphragm

Answer 10

• dome shaped skeletal muscle underneath lungs
• contracts –>air moves into lungs
• relaxes –> air pushed out of lungs

Question 11

Epiglottis

Answer 11

• The tube that leads food or water to other organ systems

- In Alveoli is were gas exchange take place