Science Test Practice

Define oral cavity

• Protects and supports respiration

• Folds of tissue that protect airway from choking.

• Serves as entrance for the alimentary tract and initiate digestive process.

• A fluid like space around lungs

Define Pharynx

• Muscular walls around throat that help swallow

• Fluid that provides support for lungs

• Supports lungs and back

• Folds of tissue that prevent choking

Define vocal cords

• Connects the lanyax and bronchi

• Insures air is supplied to aveolus

• Fluid that supports lungs

• Folds of tissue that prevent choking and also regulate speech and sound

Define Ribs

• Regulates speech and sound.

• Strong frame that protects and supports the body and lungs.

• Airflow that controls the system

• Fluid like space surrounding the lungs.

Define Pleural Membrane

• Exchanges blood to and from the body.

• Involved in swallowing, breathing, and eating.

• Groups of muscles that run between the ribs.

• Encloses a fluid like space around the lungs.

Define bronchus

• Sits on the floor of the pharnyx

• Muscular walls process in the function of swallowing

• Insures incoming air is supplied to each alveolus.

Define alveoli

• The space above the soft palate.

• Involved in swallowing and breathing.

• Expands and flattens when you breathe.

• Exchange oxygen and molecules to and from bloodstream.

Tags

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Define trachea

• Connects the lanyax to the bronchi.

• Protects and supports muscles.

• Involved in the process of speech.

The diaphragm creates a vacuum effect when you breathe.

• False

• True

Define Nostrils

• Group of muscles that run along the walls of your body.

• Two channels from the point they bifurcate to the external opening.

• Regulates speech and sound.

• Fluid like space that supports and protects lungs.