Respiratory System

hollow muscular organ which holds the vocal cords (voice box) which produce sound

The main function of the respiratory system is the exchange of gasses - oxygen enters the body and carbon dioxide is removed.

the passage that leads from the cavities of the nose and mouth to the larynx

the lungs

the 2 major air passages leading from the trachea to the lungs

the organ that carries out the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Alveoli

Pharynx

Nose or nasal cavity

Trachea

the smallest air passageways coming off of the bronchi

the air sacks at the end of the bronchioles where the gas exchange takes place

a hollow tube (wind pipe) that connects the larynx to the right and left bronchus

flap of elastic cartilage attached to the larynx that closes when food passes by

the muscular system uses oxygen which is brought into the body through the respiratory system; the diaphragm (a muscle) helps to bring air into and out of the l

tiny hair-like structures that line your respiratory pathways & filter the air we breathe

a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that pulls and pushes against the lungs as we inhale and exhale

Bronchus