Respiratory System Review

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
• to bring oxygen to the body
• to break down food and absorb nutrients
• to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Within the lungs, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs between the ___ and the capillaries. 

• trachea 
• bronchi 
• alveoli
• diaphragm

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

The two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)

• bronchi
• alveoli
• capillaries
• bronchioles

Name the organ label # 6. 

• alveoli 
• bronchi 
• trachea 
• lungs 

What is tube that is also known as your wind pipe?

• esophogus
• bronchi
• trachea
• alveoli

Flap of skin that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing

• Stomach
• Trachea
• Pancreas
• Epiglottis

The passageway that is shared by both the digestive and respiratory system is the....

• larynx
• pharynx
• trachea
• nose

The beginning of the respiratory system that warms and moistens the air.

• trachea
• nose
• bronchi
• diaphragm

Given the following structures:
1. larynx
2. nasal cavity
3. pharynx
4. trachea
Which of the following is the correct order that air would flow during inhalation. 

• 1,2,3,4
• 2,3,1,4
• 2,1,3,4
• 4,2,3,1