Question | Answer |
What structures stretch across the inside of the larnyx and allow you to speak? | Vocal cords |
What are the tiny, thin-walled chambers inside the lungs? | airsacs |
What bendable body material make the windpipe stiff? | cartilage |
The dome - shaped muscle that separates teh chest from the stomach is called the what? | Diaphram |
What does the windpipe divide into that goes to each lung? | trachea |
What is the voice box called? | larnyx |
Name the body system that works to bring air into and out of the body? | respiratory system |
When you exhale, you do what? | breathe out carbon dioxide |
The two spongy bags in the chest that fill with air are called what? | Lungs |
What do we call the number of times a person inhales in one minute? | Breathing rate. |
The teeth at the back of the mouth are called what? | molars |
The long, coiled organ where most digestion takes place is called what? | Small intestine |
What is the passage that connects the throat to the lungs called? | trachea |
That organ that absorbs water and salts from the undigested material is called what? | Large intestines |
The tube that connects the mouth to the stomach is called what? | esophagus |
When you inhale you do what? | Breathe in oxygen. |
Digestive system | where food is broken down into a form that the body cells can use. |
Saliva | the watery liquid that moistens the mouth and food. |
Enzymes | chemicals in the body that help break down food. |
Peristalsis | a wavelike motion that moves food along in the esophagus. |
stomach | a muscular organ that stores food and helps it digest |
Respitory system | parts of the body that work together to take in air and push it out. |
Larynx | voice box |
Bronchial tubes | carry air from the trachea to the lungs. |
air sacs | thin walled chambers through which oxygen moves into the blood. |