Identify and Explain| Unit 4B | The Respiratory System | Bio 20

Match the definitions.

• Opening between the vocal cords that produces sound.

• Glottis   

• Curved bones located in the nasal cavity that help filter air.

• Turbinate bones

• Muscular tube that connects the mouth and nasal passages to the esophagus.

• Epiglottis

• Hair-like structures that help move particles out of the respiratory tract.

• Cilia

• Flap of tissue that covers the trachea during swallowing.

• Pharynx

Match the following

• Windpipe

• Bronchi

• Main air passages

• Trachea

• Smaller air passages

•  Bronchioles

• Voice box

• Larynx

• Air sacs

• Alveoli

Match the following

• Space within the chest

• Abdominal cavity

• Protective layer around the lungs

• Diaphragm

• Space within the abdomen

• Thoracic cavity

• Muscle that aids in breathing

• Pleural membrane

Identify the parts of the respiratory system.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Alveoli

Diaphragm

Plural membrane

Nasal cavity

Larynx

Bronchi

Trachea

Pharynx

Lungs

Glottis

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the NASAL PASSAGES?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the PHARYNX?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the EPIGLOTTIS?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the GLOTTIS?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the LARYNX?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the TRACHEA?