Respiratory System Vocab Quiz

The "windpipe" is known as the

• alveoli

• esophagus

• trachea

• bronchi

A small flap of tissue that covers the trachea is called the

• bronchi

• larynx

• pharynx

• epiglottis

Which is known as the voice box?

• pharynx

• larynx

• trachea

• bronchi

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

• pharynx
• trachea
• epiglottis
• larynx

The tubes that go from the trachea into the lungs

• alveoli
• diaphragm
• epiglottis
• bronchial tubes

What are the smaller airways connected to the bronchi called?

• Larynx
• Trachea
• Bronchioles
• Pharynx

The exchange of gasses between the external environment and the blood is called

• Internal Respiration

• External Respiration

• Pulmonary ventilation

• Pleural Membranes

Tissue with hair-like structures that contains goblet cells.

• simple squamous epithelium

• columnar epithelium

• ciliated mucosal epithelium

• stratified squamous epithelium

The process of breathing.

• Internal respirartion

• pulmonary ventilation

• external respiration

• Diffusion

The thin tissue made of flat cells that is found in the alveoli to allow for diffusion of gasses.

• Ciliated mucosal epithelium

• simple squamous epithelium

• stratified squamous epithelium

• pseudostratified columnar epithelium