Respiratory System

What supplies the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body?

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

• digestive system

• lungs

Select all that are structures of the respiratory system

• trachea

• bronchi

• arteries

• lungs

The respiratory system transports air to _?

• blood

• veins

• arteries

• lungs

What are the hair-like projections found in the epithelium of the nose where it traps and purifies air?

• mucus

• nose hairs

• cilia

• flagella

What is the slippery secretion produced by the mucus membrane?

• mucus

• snot

• loogie

• spit

What is the part of the throat situated below the mouth and nasal cavity called?

• trachea

• pharynx

• larynx

• bronchi

What region of the pharynx is the uppermost region that provides a passageway for air during breathing?

• nasopharynx

• oropharynx

• laryngopharynx

What is the region of the pharynx that is a muscular tube that connects the back of the mouth with the nose of the esophagus?

• nasopharynx

• oropharynx

• laryngopharynx

What is the region of pharynx where food and air pass?

• nasopharynx

• oropharynx

• laryngopharynx

What is the part of the respiratory system that holds vocal cords and is responsible for producing our voice?

• pharynx

• voice box

• trachea

• larynx