SW3SCI4: LUNGS

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and release ___.

• air/oxygen

• carbon dioxide/waste

• oxygen/carbon dioxide

• waste/air

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

• esophogus

• trachea

• bronchi

• alveoli

What is a diaphragm?

• Muscle beneath the lungs that contacts and relaxes to move gases in and out of the body

• Factor during an experiment

• Filters blood

• Deoxyribose acid

What are bronchi?

• connects the brain and spinal cord

• part of earth and supports life

• number of protons

• 2 short tubes that branch off of the lower end of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

What is the pharynx?

• Outward physical appearance

• Airway to vocal cords

• Tube-like passageway for air, food, liquid

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

• bronchi

• bronchioles

• lungs

• alveoli

Our lungs is protected by the ____________________.

• Diaphragm

• Trachea

• Ribcage

• Bronchi

_____________________ are the smaller branches of the bronchial airways in the respiratory tract.

• Bronchus

• Bronchioles

• Trachea

• Diaphragm

These are pair of saclike spongy organs where the exchange of gases, primarily oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

• lungs

• diaphragm

• alveoli

• capillaries

The process of oxygenating blood and distributing it to the different parts of the body, and eliminating carbon dioxide from the lungs.

• Respiration

• Inhalation

• Exhalation

• Resting