Respiratory System review

The process by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between cells, the blood, and air in the lungs is called

• emphysema
• cellular respiration
• systemic circulation
• respiration

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

After air moves through the pharynx it continues downward. The _____, or windpipe, directs the air into 2 separate branches or tubes.

• mucus
• trachea
• larynx
• epiglottis

healthy _____ are usually pink in color. You have two of these.

• alveoli
• epiglottis
• lungs
• trachea

a chamber behind the nose and mouth that leads to the trachea

• pharynx
• trachea
• epiglottis
• larynx

known as the voice box

• windpipe
• larynx
• pharynx
• epiglottis

What is breathed out from our mouth and nose?

• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• helium

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a flap of tissue that closes when we eat so food doesn't not go down the trachea

• larynx
• pharynx
• trachea
• epiglottis

a dome shaped sheet of muscle, the _________, separates the chest from the abdomen

• diaphragm
• epiglottis
• alveoli
• bronchial tubes

an inflammation in the bronchial tubes that causes a person to have a nagging cough

• bronchitis
• emphysema
• pneumonia
• cystic fibrous

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

• trachea 
• bronchi 
• alveoli
• diaphragm