Respiratory System

Question 1

What is the nasal cavity

Answer 1

Inside of f your nose, lined with mucous membrane that helps keep your nose moist ( mucous) little hairs help filter air ( dirt/ dust getting into your lungs)

Question 2

What is the nostril

Answer 2

2 external openings of the nasal cavity letting air into lungs and breathing out

Question 3

What is oral cavity

Answer 3

Lips, inside lining of lips and cheeks, teeth, gums, front 2/3 tongue, floor of mouth, below, tongue and bony roof of the mouth

Question 4

What is larynx

Answer 4

Voice box- tube about two inches long in adults and sits above windpipe

Question 5

What is trachea

Answer 5

Windpipe, cartilage formed tube connecting pharynx and larynx to the lungs allowing passage of air

Question 6

What is right main bronchus

Answer 6

Wider shorter and more vertical than left main bronchus. Bronchi are the main passageway into the lungs

Question 7

What is lung

Answer 7

Pair of spongy air filled organs located on either side of the chest. The trachea conducts inhaled air into the lungs through its tubular branches, called bronchi. The bronchi divide into smaller and smaller branches finally becoming microscopic

Question 8

What is diaphragm

Answer 8

Major muscle of respiration. A large dome shaped muscle that contracts rhythmically and continually, mostly involuntary.