Vocabulary- Respiratory System
Pharynx The back of your throat (behind the dangly uvula); pathway for both breathing and eating Can you swallow and breathe at the same time? Flap covers trachea when swallowing so that food doesn’t go in the lungs
Larynx The area of the throat the contains the vocal cords and produces vocal sounds
Trachea The tube that connects the larynx to the lungs Your “wind pipe”
Bronchus One of the two tubes that connect the lungs with the trachea Function: carries air to the left and right lungs
Alveoli Any of the tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
Your Upper Respiratory Tract…