THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Question 1

THE SYSTEM OF NOSE, MOUTH, THROAT, LUNGS AND MUSCLES THAT BRINGS OXYGEN INTO THE BODY AND EXPELS CARBON DIOXIDE. ALSO CALLED THE PULMONARY SYSTEM.

Answer 1

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Question 2

THE AREA DIRECTLY POSTERIOR TO THE MOUTH.

Answer 2

OROPHARYNX

Question 3

THE AREA DIRECTLY POSTERIOR TO THE NOSE.

Answer 3

NASOPHARYNX

Question 4

THE AREA DIRECTLY POSTERIOR TO THE MOUTH AND NOSE. IT IS MADE UP OF TH

Answer 4

PHARYNX

Question 5

A LEAF SHAPED STRUCTURE THAT PREVENTS FOOD AND FOREIGN MATTER FROM ENTERING THE

Answer 5

EPIGLOTTIS

Question 6

THE VOICE BOX.

Answer 6

LARYNX

Question 7

THE RING SHAPED STRUCTURE THAT FORMS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE LARYNX.
CRICOID CARTILAGE

Answer 7

CRICOID CARTILAGE

Question 8

“THE WINDPIPE” THE STRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS THE PHARYNX TO THE LUNGS.

Answer 8

TRACHEA

Question 9

THE ORGANS WHERE EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE TAKE PLACE.
LUNGS

Answer 9

LUNGS

Question 10

THE TWO LARGE SETS OF BRANCHES THAT COME OFF THE TRACHEA AND ENTER THE LUNGS. THERE ARE RIGHT AND LEFT BRONCHI.
BRONCHI

Answer 10

BRONCHI

Question 11

THE MICROSCOPIC SACS OF THE LUNGS WHERE GAS EXCHANGE WITH THE BLOODSTREAM TAKES PLACE.

Answer 11

ALVEOLI

Question 12

THE MUSCULAR STRUCTURE THAT DIVIDES THE CHEST CAVITY FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. A MAJOR MUSCLE OF RESPIRATION.

Answer 12

DIAPHRAGM

Question 13

AN ACTIVE PROCESS IN WHICH THE RIB MUSCLES AND THE DIAPHRAGM CONTRACT, EXPANDING THE SIZE OF THE CHEST CAVITY CAUSING AIR TO FLOW INTO THE LUNGS.

Answer 13

INHALATION

Question 14

A PASSIVE PROCESS IN WHICH THE RIB MUSCLES AND THE DIAPHRAGM RELAX, CAUSING THE CHEST CAVITY TO DECREASE IN SIZE AND AIR TO FLOW OUT OF THE LUNGS.

Answer 14

EXHALATION

Question 15

THE PROCESS OF MOVING GASES (OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE) BETWEEN INHALED AIR AND THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION OF BLOOD.

Answer 15

VENTILATION

Question 16

THE PROCESS OF MOVING OXYGEN AND CARBIN DIOXIDE BETWEEN CIRCULATING BLOOD AND THE CELLS.

Answer 16

RESPIRATION