Chapter 15A-Breathing-Vocab

The organ that conducts air toward the lungs 

• Trachea

• Pharynx

• Larynx

• Bronchus

Either of the two branches of the trachea that lead into a lung 

• Alveolus

• Bronchus

• Trachea

• Nasal Cavity

 The organ that helps prevent food from entering the trachea and contains the vocal cords  

• Pharynx

• Alveolus

• Bronchus

• Larynx

A tiny sac where gas is exchanged between the air in the lungs and the blood

• Bronchus

• Alveolus

• Nasal Cavity

• Trachea

The organ that connects the passages of the nose and mouth to the esophagus 

• Larynx

• Alveolus

• Pharynx

• Trachea

The area inside the nose that warms and moistens incoming air  

• Trachea

• Alveolus

• Nasal Cavity

• Larynx