RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (SCIENCE)

Question 1

A system that ensures that your body gets the oxygen it needs.

Answer 1

Respiratory system

Question 2

Uses oxygen to make energy from food.

Answer 2

Body cells

Question 3

What are the main parts of the respiratory system?

Answer 3

1. Nose
2. Trachea

Question 4

A passageway in your throat that takes air into and out of your lungs

Answer 4

Trachea

Question 5

What is the trachea also known as?

Answer 5

Windpipe

Question 6

A flap of tissue in the back of your mouth that keeps food out of your trachea.

Answer 6

Epiglottis

Question 7

Two passageways that branch from the trachea, one to each lung

Answer 7

Bronchi

Question 8

Two large organs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide

Answer 8

Lungs

Question 9

A large, dome-shaped muscle below the lungs that expands and compresses the lungs, enabling breathing

Answer 9

Diaphragm

Question 10

Are tiny, hair-like structures in your nose that trap dirt particles from the air you breathe.

Answer 10

Cillia

Question 11

How does air enter our body?

Answer 11

Through our nose and mouth

Question 12

A process wherein your diaphragm moves down and your rib cage expands.

Answer 12

Inhalation (inspiration)

Question 13

A process wherein your diaphragm moves up and your ribs move in and down.

Answer 13

Exhalation (expiration)

Question 14

Give all the SEVEN problems of the respiratory system.

Answer 14

1. Asthma
2. Cold/Flu
3. Emphysema
4. Lung Cancer
5. Mouth and Tongue Cancer
6. Pneumonia
7. Tuberculosis

Question 15

Disorder in which airways narrow.

Answer 15

Asthma

Question 16

Illnesses caused by viruses.

Answer 16

Cold/Flu

Question 17

Disease in which alveoli lose their ability to stretch.

Answer 17

Emphysema

Question 18

Uncontrolled growth of cells that reproduce abnormally in
the lungs.

Answer 18

Lung Cancer

Question 19

Uncontrolled growth of cells in the mouth and tongue.
Almost always caused by tobacco use.

Answer 19

Mouth and Tongue Cancer

Question 20

Bacterial or viral disease that affects the lungs.

Answer 20

Pneumonia

Question 21

Bacterial disease that affects the lungs.

Answer 21

Tuberculosis

Question 22

True of False. All tobacco products contain substances that can cause cancer.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Inflates during inhalation and deflates during exhalation. They are the gateways for oxygen into the body.

Answer 23

Alveoli

Question 24

What are the parts of the respiratory system?

Answer 24

1. Nasal Cavity (Nose)
2. Pharynx
3. Larynx/Voice Box
4. Trachea/Windpipe
5. Lungs (Right and Left)
6. Bronchi (singular. Bronchus)
7. Bronchioles (singular. Bronchiole)
8. Alveoli
9. Diaphragm

Question 25

Divides into two passageways for air and food.

Answer 25

Pharynx

Question 26

The lungs are covered by a two-layer membrane called the?

Answer 26

Pleura