The Respiratory System

Front

What is the main function of the respiratory system? Options: to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body, to clean the blood, to break down food and absorb nutrients, to remove oxygen from the body

Back

to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body

Front

Which of the following is a part of the respiratory system? Options: lungs, stomach, large intestines, heart

Back

lungs

Front

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and release ___. Options: air/oxygen, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide/waste, waste/air

Back

oxygen/carbon dioxide

Front

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place are found in..?

Back

alveoli

Front

What is the tube that is also known as your wind pipe? Options: esophogus, bronchi, trachea, alveoli

Back

trachea

Front

What type of cells carry oxygen? Options: red blood cells, white blood cells, neurons

Back

red blood cells

Front

The larynx is also known as the...

Back

Voice box

Front

What is a diaphragm?

Back

Muscle beneath the lungs that contacts and relaxes to move gases in and out of the body

Front

Bronchi

Back

2 short tubes that branch off of the lower end of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

Front

Pharynx

Back

Tube-like passage way for air, food, liquid