Nervous and Respiratory Systems

Why is the left lung smaller than the right?

• It makes room for the brain.

• It makes space for oxygen to travel to our bodies.

• It makes room for our brain to receive messages.

• It makes space for the heart.

Which part of your brain is the biggest?

• the brain stem

• the cerebrum

• the cerebellum

• the spinal cord

Which organ can float on water?

• your heart

• your lungs

• your brain

• your liver

______ is part of the nervous system.

• nerves

• lungs

• alveoli

• heart

The ______ protect the lungs.

• heart

• skull

• ribs

• trachea

The frontal lobe controls......

• speech and hearing

• memory, sight and smell

• personality, thinking, planning and problem solving

• links the brain to the rest of the body

The______ is a muscle that helps get air in and out of the lungs

• soft palate

• diaphragm

• soft palate

• oesophagus

Air that is inhaled passes through here to the bronchi and into the lungs.

• trachea

• bronchus

• alveoli

• oesophagus

Which part of the brain controls memory, sight and smell?

• the brain stem

• spinal cord

• temporal lobe

• occipital lobe

What protects the brain?

• the ribs

• the tibia

• the metatarsels

• the skull