Respiratory System

Question 1

Aka. Voice box

Answer 1

Larynx

Question 2

Aka windpipe

Answer 2

Trachea

Question 3

Lines the trachea and bronchial tubes. Provides a firm structure allowing airways to stay open during inhales and exhales

Answer 3

Cartilage

Question 4

Hair-like extensions of a cell surface. Carries mucus upward to the throat to be coughed out

Answer 4

Cilia

Question 5

Smoking stops the cilia from moving for about?

Answer 5

20 mins

Question 6

Airway system consists of the nose, mouth, sinuses, and throat

Answer 6

Upper respiratory

Question 7

Flap of tissue guarding the opening and closing or the trachea

Answer 7

Epiglottis

Question 8

Main passageway into lungs. Air travels into right and left bronchus

Answer 8

Bronchi

Question 9

Aka pulmonary ventilation. Process of air intake and exhale of carbon dioxide

Answer 9

Respiration

Question 10

Airway system consists of the trachea, bronchial tubes, and the structures inside the lungs

Answer 10

Lower airway system

Question 11

Microscopic air sac where gas exchange takes place

Answer 11

Alveoli

Question 12

Breathing muscle located under chest cavity

Answer 12

Diaphragm

Question 13

Aka. Voice box

Answer 13

Larynx

Question 14

Part of nervous system located in the brain that controls breathing

Answer 14

Brain stem

Question 15

Difficulty in breathing

Answer 15

Emphysema

Question 16

Aka. Asthma. Narrowing of airways

Answer 16

Bronchial

Question 17

Excess watery fluids collect in the cavities or tissues of the body

Answer 17

Edema

Question 18

The canal or cavity of a tubular organ

Answer 18

Lumen

Question 19

Shortness/difficulty in breathing

Answer 19

Dyspnea

Question 20

Prefix meaning “ill” or “bad”. To form words denoting impaired or abnormal biological

Answer 20

Dys-

Question 21

Prefix meaning, breath

Answer 21

Pnea

Question 22

Aka. Absence of breathing by upper airway obstruction during sleep

Answer 22

Sleep Apnea

Question 23

Draining position as part of first aid treatment

Answer 23

Recovery position

Question 24

Position of body face down

Answer 24

Prone

Question 25

Position of body facing up on their back

Answer 25

Supine

Question 26

Aka. Open. Maintain an open airway as part of first aid treatment

Answer 26

Patent

Question 27

Aka. Throat

Answer 27

Pharynx

Question 28

Loss of muscular control causing tongue to block the throat

Answer 28

Passive Regurgitation

Question 29

Stomach acid collecting in back of throat causing it to flow down into lungs and damaging inner lining of lungs

Answer 29

Aspiration Pneumonia

Question 30

A symptom from aspiration pneumonia. A bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen resulting in chest pain

Answer 30

Cyanosis