Respiratory System

Question 1

respiratory system

Answer 1

provide body with a fresh supply of oxygen for cellular respiration and remove the waste product carbon dioxide

Question 2

internal entry and exit point for the air

Answer 2

nose

Question 3

serves as the passageway for both air and food at the back of the throat

Answer 3

pharynx

Question 4

voice box

as air passes over your vocal chords, you speak

Answer 4

larynx

Question 5

windpipe

what connects your pharynx to your lungs

Answer 5

trachea

Question 6

a piece of skin called ??? covers the trachea when you swallow, preventing food from entering

Answer 6

epiglottis

Question 7

two large passageways that lead from the trachea to your lungs (one each lung)

Answer 7

bronchi

Question 8

bronchi is subdivided to ???

Answer 8

bronchioles

Question 9

further subdivisions of bronchioles lead to tiny air sacs called ???

Answer 9

alveoli

Question 10

alveoli are in _____

Answer 10

clusters

Question 11

exchange of gases between alveoli and blood capillaries

Answer 11

alveoli

Question 12

contain the alveoli, bronchi and connective tissue

main organ of the respiratory system

Answer 12

lungs

Question 13

muscle that causes you to breathe

Answer 13

diaphragm

Question 14

involuntary contractions of diaphragm

Answer 14

hiccups

Question 15

surface of alveoli are covered in _____ that prevents them from collapsing during exhalation

Answer 15

thin lipoprotein

Question 16

air pathway

Answer 16

mouth/nose - pharynx - larynx - trachea - bronchi - bronchioles - alveoli (where gas exchange takes place)