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

Match the definitions.

• Opening between the vocal cords that produces sound.

• Turbinate bones

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

• Pharynx

• Flap of tissue that covers the trachea during swallowing.

• Cilia

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

• Glottis   

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

• Epiglottis

Match the following

• Voice box

• Trachea

• Main air passages

•  Bronchioles

• Windpipe

• Larynx

• Air sacs

• Bronchi

• Smaller air passages

• Alveoli

Match the following

• Space within the chest

• Abdominal cavity

• Space within the abdomen

• Thoracic cavity

• Muscle that aids in breathing

• Diaphragm

• Protective layer around the lungs

• Pleural membrane

Identify the parts of the respiratory system.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Diaphragm

Trachea

Lungs

Larynx

Alveoli

Nasal cavity

Glottis

Bronchi

Plural membrane

Pharynx

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?