Health Vocab

Question 1

Lungs

Answer 1

Main organs of gas exchange in respiratory system

Question 2

Trachea

Answer 2

Windpipe carries air to lungs

Question 3

Bronchioles

Answer 3

Forms tiny passages with alveoli at the end

Question 4

Diaphragm

Answer 4

Separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity

Separates the lungs and heart from the digestive system

Question 5

Alveoli

Answer 5

Thin walled air sacs at the end of the bronchiole

Question 6

Esophagus

Answer 6

Long straight tube food moves through

Question 7

Tonsils

Answer 7

Masses of lymph tissue found in the throat

Question 8

Eustachian tubes

Answer 8

Tube that connects middle ear to throat

Question 9

Cilia

Answer 9

Tiny hairs that remove mucus from the lungs

Question 10

Epiglottis

Answer 10

Prevents food from entering the voice box/larynx

Question 11

External respiration

Answer 11

Exchange of gases in lungs

Question 12

Internal respiration

Answer 12

Exchange of gases between cells and blood

Question 13

Larynx

Answer 13

Voice biz where vocal cords are

Question 14

Oxygen

Answer 14

Gas necessary for us to live

We breathe

Question 15

Pharynx

Answer 15

Air follows into
Throat
Throat cavity shaped like pear

Question 16

Respiration

Answer 16

Absorption and releases of gases

Question 17

Nares

Answer 17

Internal passage way of air from nasal cavities to throat

Question 18

Nicotine

Answer 18

Highly addictive drug in tobacco products

Question 19

Carcinogens

Answer 19

Any agent that causes cancer

Question 20

Tar

Answer 20

Sticky black substance found in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of airways with carcinogens

Question 21

Carbon monoxide

Answer 21

Gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream

Question 22

Emphysema

Answer 22

A respiratory disease where air cant move in and out of alveoli because they lost elasticity it got blocked

Question 23

Sidestream smoke

Answer 23

Smoke that escapes from the tip do cigar or cigarettes

Question 24

Mainstream smoke

Answer 24

Smoke that smokers inhale and exhale

Question 25

Habit

Answer 25

Psychological acts that become automatic

Question 26

Addiction

Answer 26

Physical dependence on continued supply of drug

Question 27

Psychoactive

Answer 27

Describes a drug or medicine that affects the brain and changes how a person thinks and feels

Question 28

Carboxyhemoglobin

Answer 28

Carbon monoxide in cigarettes that is active in forming this substance Carbon monoxide and red blood cells

Question 29

Environmental tobacco smoke Second hand smoke Passive smoke

Answer 29

Combination of main and side stream smoke that is inhaled by people nearby a smoker

Question 30

Luchoplakia

Answer 30

White leathery patches that form where chewing tobacco is placed between gum and cheek