Respiratory Quiz

Air sacs in the lungs from which gas is exchanged with the capillaries.

• Alveoli (Alveolus)
• Primary Bronchi (Bronchus)
• sinus
• Inspiration (Inhalation)

The thin-walled branches of the bronchi; the smallest air-conducting passageways of the bronchi.

• Bronchioles
• Tidal volume
• Alveoli (Alveolus)
• goblet cells

A flap of cartilaginous tissue that covers the opening to the trachea; diverts food and liquids to the esophagus during swallowing.

• Epiglottis
• Respiration
• goblet cells
• Expiration (Exhalation)

The process by which air is expelled from the lungs.

• Expiration (Exhalation)
• Bronchioles
• Respiration
• Larynx

The process by which air flows into the lungs.

• Inspiration (Inhalation)
• Bronchioles
• Alveoli (Alveolus)
• upper respiratory tract

A triangular-shaped space inferior to the pharynx that is responsible for voice production; the voice box.

• Larynx
• goblet cells
• Respiration
• respiratory system

The muscular passageway that extends from the nasal cavity to the mouth and connects to the esophagus; the throat.

• Pharynx
• Tidal volume
• Bronchioles
• Respiration

The two passageways that branch off the trachea and lead to the right and left lungs.

• Primary Bronchi (Bronchus)
• sinus
• goblet cells
• lower respiratory tract

the process by which the lungs provide oxygen to body tissues and dispose of carbon dioxide; breathing

• Respiration
• Vital capacity
• upper respiratory tract
• Bronchioles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The amount of air inhaled in a normal breath.

• Tidal volume
• goblet cells
• Epiglottis
• Vital capacity