Identify and Explain| Unit 4B | The Respiratory System | Bio 20

Match the definitions.

• Curved bones located in the nasal cavity that help filter air.

• Glottis   

• Hair-like structures that help move particles out of the respiratory tract.

• Pharynx

• Muscular tube that connects the mouth and nasal passages to the esophagus.

• Turbinate bones

• Flap of tissue that covers the trachea during swallowing.

• Epiglottis

• Opening between the vocal cords that produces sound.

• Cilia

Match the following

• Voice box

• Larynx

• Smaller air passages

• Alveoli

• Main air passages

• Bronchi

• Windpipe

•  Bronchioles

• Air sacs

• Trachea

Match the following

• Muscle that aids in breathing

• Thoracic cavity

• Protective layer around the lungs

• Pleural membrane

• Space within the abdomen

• Diaphragm

• Space within the chest

• Abdominal cavity

Identify the parts of the respiratory system.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Alveoli

Diaphragm

Bronchi

Larynx

Pharynx

Plural membrane

Glottis

Lungs

Trachea

Nasal cavity

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the NASAL PASSAGES?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the PHARYNX?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the EPIGLOTTIS?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the GLOTTIS?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the LARYNX?

Briefly summarize the role and important features of the TRACHEA?