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Respiratory System Worksheet Name____________________

Date__________Period______

1. List the structures below in the order in which air passes through them as it travels from
the nose to the lungs.

palate, pharynx, trachea, bronchioles, alveoli, diaphram, exhalation

2. Write the word from the box on the line that is being described.

diaphragm pharynx exhalation


alveoli trachea palate bronchioles

a. smallest respiratory passageways in the lungs bronchioles


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b. separates mouth from nose palate
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c. windpipe Trachea
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d. location where gas exchange takes place
alveoli
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f. both air and food pass through this pharynx
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g. The movement of air out of the lungs exhalation
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h. The main muscle involved in inhalation diaphram
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3. Arrange these statements in the right order to describe process of inhalation.

1 Air is drawn into the lungs


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5 Air pressure in the chest cavity decreases
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2 Lungs expand
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4 The diaphragm contracts and flattens
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3 The muscles between the ribs contract to move the ribs up and out
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4. Add the following labels to the diagram of the lung alveolus, below showing the exchange
of gases that take place there.

• alveolus (singular)
• high concentration CO2
• high concentration O2
• movement of O2
• movement of CO2

alveolus

O2

O2 Co2

Answer the following from the video. Co2


Answer the following questions:
1) What is the purpose/function of the Respiratory System?
To get O2 into the body and release co2
2) What is the purpose of the tiny hairs called cilia in your nose?
to stop anything other than air from going into your body
3) What are the purposes of the pharynx?
serves both the respiratory and digestive systems by receiving air from the nasal cavity and air, food, and water from the oral cavity.

4) What is the purpose of the epiglottis?


to seperate the hole for air and food.

5) How is the respiratory system linked to the cardiovascular system?


it gives the O2 to the blood that goes to the heart and takes the co2 from the blood that goes away from the heart.
Respiratory System Diagram

nasal cavity
12

nose

mouth
pharynx

larynx

trachea

lung

bronchi

bronchi

bronchiole

alveoli
diaphram
Write the name of the organ/structure next to the number then use

the color code.

1 nose 7 pharynx

2 mouth 8 trachea

3 larynx 9 bronchi

4 10 bronchiole
lung

5 bronchi 11 alveoli

diaphram
6 12 nasal passage

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