Respiratory System

What does the respiratory system do?

• circulates blood

• digests food

• moves oxygen in and carbon dioxide out

Where does the path of oxygen begin?

• Your trachea

• Your nose

• Your alveoli

This keeps food out of our trachea

• epiglottis

• larynx

• tongue

Smoking can cause?

• cardiovascular diseases

• cancers

• pulmonary diseases

• all of these

Once you quit smoking, how long does it take to correct your breathing?

• it never happens

• 1 to 12 months

• a single day

• a single hour

What type of movement puts oxygen into the blood from the alveoli?

• swimming

• osmosis

• diffusion

Which of the following disease is due to the lung tissue losing its elasticity and not being able to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide well

• emphysema

• asthma

• cancer

Which of the following is the correct order for the path of oxygen?

• nose, alveoli, trachea, bronchi

• alveoli, trachea, bronchi, nose

• trachea, nose, bronchi, alveoli

• nose, trachea, bronchi, alveoli

These blood cells carry oxygen

• white blood cells

• platelets

• red blood cells

This muscle allows for the expansion and compression of the lungs

• spleen

• diaphragm

• abs