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STRUCTURE OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the scientific term for the tube that is commonly known as your wind pipe?

a)

esophogus

b)

bronchi

c)

trachea

d)

alveoli

2.

What is the diaphragm?

a)

A muscle located under the lungs that contacts and relaxes during breathing.

b)

Muscle found in the lower leg used to flex the knee.

c)

A muscle that filters blood to remove waste products.

d)

A muscle in the torso to flex the abdomen.

3.

What are bronchi?

a)

connects the brain and spinal cord

b)

connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres of the brain

c)

structures that stores bile used to digest lipids

d)

2 short tubes that branch off of the lower end of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

4.

What is the pharynx?

a)

the voice box that contains the vocal cords

b)

a common passage way for air, food, liquid; commonly called the throat

c)

a structure located in the brainstem

d)

a body tissue that protects the epithelium of a person

5.

What is the function of "The Respiratory System"

a)

A way of breathing

b)

Brings oxygen into the body and elimiates the waste carbon dioxide through breathing

c)

To rest your body

d)

A system to Respirate????

6.

What is the funtion of the "Nose and Mouth"

a)

Is used to sneeze

b)

Is used for nothing

c)

Is used for air to enter and exit the body

d)

Where boogers live

7.

What is the function of the "Pharyx"

a)

Let's the air down the airway

b)

A name

c)

A type of tissue

d)

Another name for ear

8.

What is the function of the "Larynx"

a)

Another name for mouth

b)

A type of disease

c)

A long stick looking structure

d)

Let's air pass through the airpipe

9.

What is the function of the "Trachea"

a)

Fillters the blood out

b)

Let's air pass into the left/right bronchi

c)

Carries the chin

d)

Kills bacteria

10.

What is the function of the "Lungs"

a)

Allows oxygen to be draw into the body ad carbon dioxide to be released out of the body

b)

The father and mother of the heart

c)

Where oxygen hang out

d)

Used for expading till it pops

11.

What is the function of the "Bronchi"

a)

They are infinte braches of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

b)

They are one braches of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

c)

They are three braches of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

d)

They are two braches of the trachea and carry air to the lungs

12.

What is the function of the "Bronchioles"

a)

It's are a type of Dinosaur

b)

They are small airways that extend bronchi to the alveoli

c)

It's are a type of material that used to create sand

d)

A type of telescope

13.

What is the function of the "Alveoli"

a)

It's a name for a muscle

b)

It's is a name for the blood in the center of your body

c)

They are units where oxygen ad carbon dioxide exchage takes place

d)

Very expesive oil which is only located in Russia

14.

What is the function of the "Diaphragm"

a)

Muscle for respiration

b)

Unflattened pizza

c)

What holds the body

d)

Your stomach

15.

Which diagram best illustrates the function of an alveolus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Which structure shown in the diagram below contracts, causing a pressure change in the chest cavity during breathing?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

Flap of tissue that covers the opening to the windpipe during swallowing

a)

Pharynx

b)

Trachea

c)

Epiglottis

18.
Given the following structures:
1. larynx
2. nasal cavity
3. pharynx
4. trachea
Which of the following is the correct order that air would flow during inhalation. 
a)
1,2,3,4
b)
2,3,1,4
c)
2,1,3,4
d)
4,2,3,1 
19.
Label C is...
a)
Trachea
b)
Diagphragm
c)
Bronchus
d)
Alveolus