WorksheetsChapter 7 The Respiratory System Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the main job of the nasal septum?
Help you smell
Divide the nose into two parts
Make sound
What do cilia do in the nose?
Help you eat
Trap dust and germs
Carry air into the lungs
What is the job of mucus?
Help you talk
Give oxygen to the blood
Catch dirt and germs
What do olfactory receptors help you do?
Smell things
Breathe faster
Make mucus
What is the function of the tonsils?
Help with hearing
Fight infections
Control breathing
What does the pharynx (throat) do?
Make sound
Clean the air
Carry air and food
What is the main job of the larynx (voice box)?
Help you see
Help you speak and protect your airway
Help you smell
What does the trachea (windpipe) do?
Carry air to the lungs
Carry food to the stomach
Pump blood
What is the job of the bronchi?
Breathe in oxygen
Carry air into each lung
Make the voice
What happens in the alveoli?
Air is warmed
Mucus is made
Oxygen goes into the blood
What is asthma?
A runny nose
A long-term lung problem that makes it hard to breathe
A bleeding problem in the chest
What is another name for a nosebleed?
Rhinorrhea
Epistaxis
Cyanosis
What does rhinorrhea mean?
Blue skin
No voice
Runny nose
What happens in aphonia?
The person cannot speak
The person breathes fast
The nose is blocked
What is hemothorax?
Blood in the chest
Air in the lungs
Dust in the nose
What is atelectasis?
Runny nose
Collapsed lung or part of the lung
Fast heartbeat
What causes pneumoconiosis?
Breathing in dust for many years
Eating spicy food
Catching a cold
What is tachypnea?
Coughing a lot
Very fast breathing
Loss of smell
What does anoxia mean?
Not enough water
No oxygen in the body
Blue nose
What is cyanosis a sign of?
Too much oxygen
Good blood flow
Not enough oxygen — skin or lips turn blue
