Respiratory System (vocab cards)

Question 1

the process by which living organisms exchange gases, primarily taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide; breathing

Answer 1

Respiration

Question 2

the process by which air enters your lungs

Answer 2

Inhalation

Question 3

the action of sending air out of your lungs

Answer 3

Exhalation

Question 4

thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from the abdomen

Answer 4

Diaphragm

Question 5

microscopic balloon-shaped structures located at the end of the respiratory tree.
*They expand during inhalation, taking in oxygen, and shrink during exhalation, expelling carbon dioxide

Answer 5

Alveoli

Question 6

-is the voice box
-passes air to the trachea
-houses the vocal cords

Answer 6

Larynx

Question 7

-the windpipe
-passes from the larynx to the lungs
-supported by rings of cartilage

Answer 7

Trachea

Question 8

-the hollow area behind the nose
-rich in mucus-membranes (moistens air)
- warms air as it travels to the filters

Answer 8

Nasal cavity

Question 9

-full of hair and mucus to trap microbes and dust

Answer 9

Nose

Question 10

-the throat
-splits into the epiglottis and larynx

Answer 10

Pharynx

Question 11

• “door” at the top of the larynx
  -opens during breathing
  -closes during eating

Answer 11

Epiglottis

Question 12

-Pair of organs in the thoracic cavity
- consist largely of air spaces
- site of breathing

Answer 12

Lungs

Question 13

• Two branches (right & left) at the bottom of the trachea
  -Each leads to a lung
• branch further in the lungs

Answer 13

Bronchi

Question 14

-small branches with lungs

Answer 14

Bronchioles