Respiratory Vocab

A series of organs which take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.

• Respiratory system
• Alveoli
• Trachea
• Bronchioles

Where air is moistened, warmed, and filtered as it enters the body.

• Nasal cavity
• asthma
• Respiratory system
• Alveoli

Passage leading from the cavities of the nose and mouth to the larynx.

• Pharynx
• Bronchioles
• pneumonia
• Respiratory system

Hollow muscular organ that holds the vocal cords and produces sound.

• Larynx
• bronchitis
• Pharynx
• emphysema

Flap of cartilage attached to the larynx that closes when food passes by.

• Epiglottis
• Bronchus
• Nasal cavity
• asthma

Hollow tube that connects the larynx to the right and left bronchus.

• Trachea
• cilia
• Lung cancer
• Pharynx

The two major air passageways leading from the trachea to the lungs.

• Bronchus
• COPD
• Larynx
• Nasal cavity

The smallest air passageways coming off the bronchi

• Bronchioles
• Diaphragm
• influenza
• Larynx

The air sacks at the end of the bronchioles where gas exchange takes place.

• Alveoli
• emphysema
• Epiglottis
• Trachea

Sheet of muscle that pushes and pulls the lungs as we inhale/exhale.

• Diaphragm
• Epiglottis
• emphysema
• bronchitis