Respiratory System

The respiratory system's function is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the external environment and your internal environment.

• True

• False

Nose and mouth:

• transports air, food, and water

• carries air from larynx to the lungs

• passageways into respiratory system that helps to warm air

(throat) transports air, food, and water, includes parts of the trachea an esophagus

• bronchi

• pharynx

• trachea

(voice box) vocal cords are stretched across this opening

• pharynx

• larynx

• alveoli

(wind pipe) carries air from larynx to lungs; covered in cartilage for protection

• nose and mouth

• pharynx

• trachea

two tubes split off from trachea

• bronchi

• trachea

• larynx

Bronchial tubes - splits into tiny tubes called bronchioles

• false

• true

(air sacks) - tiny sacks in lungs surrounded by capillaries

• pharynx

• alveoli

• bronchi

What is number 1?

• nose

• mouth

• lung

• trachea

What is number 2?

• nose

• mouth

• larynx

• lung