Question | Answer |
What is the disease that causes the alveoli to lose their ability to expand and contract? | Emphysema |
What is the disease in which too much mucus is produced in the bronchial tubes? | Chronic Bronchitis |
What is 12cm. long, has cilia, and cleans air? | Trachea/Windpipe |
What is the flap that is located at the end of the pharynx and closes over the larynx that keeps you from choking? | Epiglottis |
About how much air do you breath while at rest? | 500ml |
About how much air do you breath at exercise? | 2000ml |
Who discovered that animals need oxygen and candles burn oxygen in 1774? | Joseph Preistly |
What two systems help you breath? | Respiratory and digestive |
What does the digestive system supply your respiratory system with? | C6 H12 O6 (Sugar) |
What does the respiratory system supply? | Oxygen |
What part of the red blood cell carries oxygen and carbon dioxide? | Hemoglobin |
What is the organ between the nasal cavity and the esophagus? | Pharynx (Throat) |
Where is the first place air is warmed and moistened? | Nasal cavity (nose) |
What is the colorless, odorless smoke that can kill you? | Carbon monoxide |
What is below your lungs that expands and contracts as you breath in and out? | Diaphragm |
What are the 2 branches that connects to the lungs from the trachea? | Bronchi |
What is it called where your vocal cords are located? | Larynx (voice box) |
What are the three main ingredients that are found in cigarettes, that kills you? | Tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide |
What are the air sacs at the end of bronchioles where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in capillaries? | Alveoli |
What are the six organs of the respiratory system? | 1. Nasal cavity 2. Pharynx- throat 3. Larynx-voice box
4. Trachea-windpipe 5. Bronchi 6. Lungs |