Intro to Respiratory System

Reorder the following structures below in the order in which air passes through them as it travels from the nose to the lungs

• Bronchi

• Trachea

• Larynx

• Pharynx

• Alveoli

Match the following

• Prevents food from entering the trachea

• epiglottis

• The windpipe

• diaphragm

• The main muscle involved in inhalation

• trachea

• Smallest respiratory passageways in the lungs

• bronchioles

• Location where gas exchange takes place

• alveoli

Label the following picture

g

h

i

j

f

e

d

c

b

a

Trachea

Pharynx

Diaphragm

Alveoli

Mouth

Bronchioles

Bronchi

Nasal passage

Larynx

Nose

​ (a)   and mucous work to trap dirt and germs before we inhale.

• Cilia
• exhale
• muscles
• diaphragm
• air sacs
• mouth
• brain

The structure where the respiratory system and the circulatory system meet is the ​ (a)  

• air sacs
• exhale
• muscles
• mouth
• cilia
• brain

What is the long tube that connects to the lungs?

• Trachea

• Bronchi

• Bronchioles

• Alveoli

What closes during eating to protect your breathing airway?

• Thyroid

• Epiglottis

• Esophagus

• Vocal cords

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

• bronchi
• alveoli
• capillaries
• bronchioles

Tiny tubes that branch off of bronchi

• capillaries
• alveoli
• bronchioles
• pluera

Please choose the correct pathway air travels though into the lungs

• Nasal passage, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchiole, bronchi, alveoli

• Nasal passage, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchiole, alveoli

• Nasal passage, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli, bronchiole

• Nasal passage, trachea, pharynx, larynx, bronchi, bronchiole, alveoli