Respiratory System

Question 1

what do we breathe in and where do we breathe it

Answer 1

warm and moist air, breathe from nose and nasal cavity

Question 2

what catches partials from entering the lungs

Answer 2

nose hair and mucus

Question 3

what is behind the nose

Answer 3

Pharynx ( for food and air)

Question 4

what and where is the Larynx

Answer 4

voice box, under the pharynx

Question 5

how is sound produced in the Larynx

Answer 5

Air from lungs passes across the tissue in Larynx

Question 6

what does the Epiglottis cover

Answer 6

trachea when you eat and drink

Question 7

what does the Epiglottis prevent

Answer 7

food entering lung and wind pipe

Question 8

what is the Trachea

Answer 8

wind pipe leads down into the lungs and divides right and left bronchi

Question 9

what do the bronchi branch into

Answer 9

smaller bronchioles in each lungs

Question 10

where did bronchioles lead to

Answer 10

avleoli

Question 11

what are aveoli

Answer 11

little sacs at the end of bronchole

Question 12

what exchanges happen in the aveoli

Answer 12

oxygen exchanges with carbon dioxide

Question 13

what enters and exacts the blood

Answer 13

oxygen enters and carbon dioxide comes out

Question 14

what is a diaphragm

Answer 14

sheet of muscle that spreads across the rib cage

Question 15

what happens when diaphragm contracts and relaxes

Answer 15

contracts - chest volume gets larger
relaxes - chest volume gets smaller