Upper Airway and Lower Airway

Question 1

What does the upper airway consist of

Answer 1

Mouth
Nose
Pharynx
Larynx

Question 2

When babies are unwell why can breathing become difficult for them

Answer 2

Newborn babies up to the age of sometimes a
few months of age are solely nose breathers.
This means when they are unwell they
don’t have the option to switch to mouth
breathing.

Question 3

What Does the lower airway consist of

Answer 3

Lungs, Trachea, Bronchus, Pleura, Alveoli, Diaphragm