Respritory Track

Question 1

What is the respiratory track?

Answer 1

1.nasal cavaties
2.pharynx
3.Larynx
4.trachea - rings of cartilage to keep open
5.bronchis - same as trachea
6.bronchioles - small to be flexible
7.Alvioli

Question 2

Explain the Aveoli

Answer 2

-Alveoli are surrounded by capillaries bed where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs
-the arrangement is help by elastic connective tissues
-surface area is size of tennis court(if you have more alveoli then you get more oxygen)
-alveolar epithelium lines it

Question 3

Explain bronchiole

Answer 3

-Each bronchiole ends in a grape like cluster of sacs called alveoli where gas exchange occurs
-surrounded by muscle tissue of when the muscle contracts that is an asthma attack

Question 4

Where does the air from the bronchi enter?

Answer 4

Air from the bronchi enters into the lungs and bronchi trees
-right lung divided into three lobes
-left lung divided into two lobes(because the heart is in the way)

Question 5

Where does the pharynx connect?

Answer 5

Connects to oral cavity to nasal cavity your ‘voice box’ air passes over

Question 6

Trachea and esophagus

Answer 6

-air needs to go down the trachea
-food and drinks need to go down the esophagus
-the epiglottis ensures things go down the right tube

Question 7

Where is the mucus lining and what does it do?

Answer 7

Pharynx, larynx, treachea
Things other than oxygen gets caught in the mucus lining and this is why you cough