anatomy of the respiratory system

The two main branches from the trachea (one to each lung)

• bronchi
• alveoli
• capillaries
• bronchioles

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

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

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

• esophogus
• bronchi
• trachea
• alveoli

Name the structure labeled 8

• lungs

• trachea

• diaphragm

• alveoli

The passageway that is shared by both the digestive and respiratory system is the....

• larynx
• pharynx
• trachea
• nose

Specialist cells in the bronchioles have structures on them called

• alveoli

• cilia

• dermacytes

• erythrocytes

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Why do you need mucous membranes in the bronchioles?

• to help the food go down smoothly

• to stop the air irritating them

• to help air pass through

• to trap and remove foreign particles

At the end of the bronchioles are structures called

• alveoli

• vocal cords

• villi

• brochi

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the alveoli is through a process called

• active transport

• conduction

• convection

• diffusion

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Tiny tubes that branch off of bronchi

• capillaries
• alveoli
• bronchioles
• pluera